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Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.

Iris Murdoch

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Philosopher
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Professor
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Writer
Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
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Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.
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... half the world starves. What a planet. And the eating, if you're lucky enough to do any. Stuffing pieces of dead animals into a hole in your face. Then munch, munch, munch. If there's anybody watching, they must be dying of laughter.
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