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However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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