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One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Killing
Sin
Time
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Seldom

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