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I've no desire to be ill-dressed but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to.

John Braine

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John Braine
Age: 64 †
Born: 1922
Born: April 13
Died: 1986
Died: October 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bradford
Yorkshire
John Gerard Braine
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Feeling
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Daren
Dressed

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