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I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
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Norwich
Connecticut
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Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
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