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Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

A. S. Byatt

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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Sheffield
England
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Antonia Susan Drabble
Antonia Susan Duffy
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Paying
Things
Beliefs
Never
Finally
Hold
Stop
Belief
Attention
Mind

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