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I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Ponder
Pondering
Decide
Guess
Never
Think
Thinking
Deduce

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