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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Annoying
Clarity
Information
Often
Surfeit
Untruth
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Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.
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Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.
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He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.
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