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If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

James M. Barrie

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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
Librettist
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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the United States of America
James Matthew Barrie
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