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Most things disappoint till you look deeper.

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
Disappoint
Till
Deeper
Look
Looks
Things

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I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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