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I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.

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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
Biographer
Editor
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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Bare
Make
Aggressive
People
Teeth
Laughter
Smile
Laugh
Laughing

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