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Often it's true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

Paul Auster

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Paul Auster
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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