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Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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Novelist
Philosopher
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Oslo
Norway
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Humans
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