Source: The Throne of Fire
“the answer to every problem involved penguins”
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Rick Riordan
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The Throne of Fire
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:* California Gubernatorial Inauguration Speech (5 January 1967) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/govspeech/01051967a.htm
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