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Security and safety were the reward of dullness.

Hanif Kureishi

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Hanif Kureishi
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 5
Author
Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
London
England
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Safety
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Dullness
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