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All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
Gods
Atheism
Religion
Fear
Power
Homemade
Give
Strings
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Pull
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