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Films are even stranger, for what we are seeing are not disguised people but photographs of disguised people, and yet we believe them while the film is being shown.
Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Luis Borges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 24
Died: 1986
Died: March 26
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges
Chorche Louis Borches
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Horhe Luis Borhes
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Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.
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Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
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