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The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?

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Dennis Potter
Age: 59 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 17
Died: 1994
Died: June 7
Author
Dramatist
Film Director
Journalist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Writer
Dennis Christopher George Potter
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Metaphor
Amazing
Speech
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Humans

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