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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.

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Oriana Fallaci
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 29
Died: 2006
Died: September 15
Conspiracy Theorist
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