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While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to possess the authenticity of complex, sophisticated perceptions.

Eva Hoffman

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Eva Hoffman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 1
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