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Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

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Mark Haddon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
Illustrator
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
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Learning
Understanding
Everyone
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Speak
Relativity
Difficulties
French
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