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Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Nothing
Prospect
Hopes
Full
Come

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