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Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

Ian Fleming

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Ian Fleming
Age: 55 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 28
Died: 1964
Died: August 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Sailor
Screenwriter
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London
Ian Lancaster Fleming
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Plenty
Hope
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Good

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