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I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.

Francoise Sagan

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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
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Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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