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.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.
James Clavell
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James Clavell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: October 10
Died: 1994
Died: September 6
Film Director
Film Producer
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Sydney
NSW
Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell
Charles Edmund Dumaresq du Clavelle
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