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Oh, the cleverness of me!
James M. Barrie
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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
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the United States of America
James Matthew Barrie
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Sir James Matthew Barrie
1st Baronet
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You won't forget me, Peter, will you, before spring-cleaning time comes? Of course Peter promised, and then he flew away. He took Mrs. Darling's kiss with him. The kiss that had been for no one else Peter took quite easily. Funny. But she seemd satisfied.
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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
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The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it.
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You just think lovely wonderful thoughts, Peter explained, and they lift you up in the air.
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Wendy: Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter: How am I deficient? Wendy: You're just a boy.
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