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Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign Jackie Collins and they go away quite content.
Robertson Davies
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Robertson Davies
Age: 82 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 28
Died: 1995
Died: December 3
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Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.
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The Alexander Technique keeps the body alive, at ages when many people have resigned themselves to irreversible decline.
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On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.
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