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Refreshing honesty has been getting me in trouble since I was five, but it's probably had some positive effects - like not being a liar.
William Monahan
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William Monahan
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
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I never work until I have a deadline. You have to fit so much in a given day that you just don't get serious until you know when the deadline is.
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