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Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

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
Enchantress
Silvered
Affords
Enchantment
Tongue
Upon
Language
Enough

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