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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
Gargantuan
Appetite
Temptation
Everything
Life

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