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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
Isabel Allende Llona
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Life
World
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Preserved
Privileged
Everybody

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