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I would be very, very uncomfortable at teaching, at dreaming to teach, people things.

Philippa Gregory

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Philippa Gregory
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 9
Novelist
Writer
Kenya's capital
Kate Wedd
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People
Dreaming
Uncomfortable
Teaching
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