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Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Mary Westmacott
Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan
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The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.
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