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..to change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Film Producer
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Manchester
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I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
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