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Name: Thomas Barnes

Location: National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Lives: Washington, D.C.

Occupation: Hotel Manager

Age: 48

Favorite Hotel: Tie-the Peninsula Hong Kong and the King Edward in Jackson

Grew up: Natchez and Woodville, Miss., Gloucester, Va.

Read JFP Since: 2004

Last book read: Tom Wolfe's "Back To Blood"

Favorite Quotation: "In my Bible it doesn't say that money is the root of all evil, but the 'love of' money. I believe that to be true, and I believe the exact same about possessions."—Conrad Hilton