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There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

Carlos Fuentes

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Carlos Fuentes
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 11
Died: 2012
Died: May 15
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Journalist
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Creation
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Nothing
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Tradition

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