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America is a nation of 270 million people: 100 million of them are gangsters, another 100 million are hustlers, 50 million are complete lunatics, and every single one of us is secretly in show business. Isn't that fabulous?

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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