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You're a mouse studying to be a rat.

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Benicia
California
Sarcastic
Study
Mouse
Rats
Mice
Studying

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
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