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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

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Quentin Crisp
Age: 90 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 21
Actor
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Graphic Designer
Model
Socialite
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Sutton
London
Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
Sex
Peel
Funny
Flavour
Stuff
Flavor
Never
Cook
Love
Cooks
Instant
Clever
Drinking
Supersede

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