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A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
Writer
People
Weaker
Fights
Bully
Thinks
Fun
Fighting
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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle
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