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Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.

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Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. René Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but he rarely got out of bed before noon - and when he started getting up early for a new job as a private tutor, it caused him to catch pneumonia and die.

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You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your tongue or waved heartily at a mermaid!

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With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the deck.

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This is what I like about life at sea. It's one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

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That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

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Gideon Defoe

Born: 1975 (age 50)
Bio: Gideon Defoe is a British writer and author of The Pirates!, a series of comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures.
Known for:
  1. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2004)
  2. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (2006)
  3. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon (2008)
  4. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (2005)

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