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For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

Graham Greene

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
Journalist
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Playwright
Screenwriter
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
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Priest
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