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There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so but behind locked doors there are usually high emotions running.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
Running
Doors
Behinds
Outsiders
Behind
Locked
Inside
Pretend
Emotion
Emotions
Everybody
Conflict
High
Usually
Family
Darkness

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