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I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which is at most knee-deep, with my feet bound in cement.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Deep
River
Feet
Knees
Wish
Thrown
People
Bounds
Favorite
Cement
Avoid
Knee
Rivers
Threatened
Threat
Bound

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