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Your heart becomes gangrenous in your body when you go against your talent.

Martin Amis

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Martin Amis
Age: 75
Memoirist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Abertawe
Martin Louis Amis
Talent
Becomes
Body
Heart

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