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I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

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Clive Barker
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 5
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I can see in your eyes that there’s no seam of untapped joy left in you. The best of life has come and gone. Those days when sudden epiphanies swept over you, and you had visions of the rightness of all things and of your place amongst them they’re history. You’re in a darker place now.
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