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Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.

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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
Fear
Humiliates
Humiliate
Automatic
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Hate

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