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Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or an excuse for their own boredom. I did not care for young people.
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
Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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