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It was the sheer variety of the pain that stopped me from crying out. It came from so many places, spoke so many languages, wore so many dazzling varieties of ethnic costume, that for a full fifteen seconds I could only hang my jaw in amazement.

Hugh Laurie

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Hugh Laurie
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 11
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