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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction

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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
Addiction
Satisfaction
Gives
Less
Desire
Giving
Increasing

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