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...beauty, she had discovered occupied a narrow band. Ugliness, on the hand, had infinite variation.

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Discovered
Infinite
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Hand
Beauty
Occupied
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Variation
Ugliness
Narrow

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