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That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Think
Provoking
Thinking
Bother
Otherwise
Challenge
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