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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
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Bombay
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Family
Darkness
Running
Doors
Behinds
Outsiders
Behind
Locked
Inside
Pretend
Emotion
Emotions
Everybody
Conflict
High
Usually

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