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And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Tread
Rise
Feet
Though
Think
Thinking
World

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The moment you lose curiosity in the world, you might as well be dead.
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