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Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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