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A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.

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
Inhale
Sigh
Breathe
Meaning
World

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