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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

Sue Grafton

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
Pay
Nobody
Seems
Work
Wage
Minimum

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