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The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Sometimes
Real
Life
Occur
Ballet
Beauty

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She was forever tilted sideways by the notion that pain was inevitable, chance was cruel, and all human ingenuity should go towards the making of a good cup of tea.
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He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.
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I have the most charmed, most - I feel entirely blessed and lucky that I have the life that I have.
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I gave them all the truth and none of the honesty.
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I don't know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, or to listen to a story. They're the only thing we have that can trump life itself.
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