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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual.

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
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Film Producer
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