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I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Actor
Comedian
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Film Actor
Screenwriter
Singer
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale Ward
Michael Edward Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin
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