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There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

John Fowles

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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
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Science disembodies art embodies.
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Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive.
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