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I've never actually been a collector. I like the learning-curve, but I buy things, sell them to finance other things.

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William Gibson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 17
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Conway
South Carolina
William Ford Gibson
Learning
Actually
Collector
Things
Curve
Never
Collectors
Like
Curves
Finance
Sell
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