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Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.

Jose Saramago

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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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