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I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

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Andrea Bocelli
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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