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Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams
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
Writer
the United States of America
James Matthew Barrie
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Sir James Matthew Barrie
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