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The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Giving
Vanity
Luxury
Age

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