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How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
Isabel Allende Llona
Hear
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Everything
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