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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.

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Godalming
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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Strings
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