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As I Get Older And I Get A Few More Years Experience I Become More Like Dad, You Know, King Lear.
-David Crystal
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As I Get Older And I Get
David Crystal
As I Get Older And I Get A Few More Years Experience I Become More Like Dad, You Know, King Lear.
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