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Once you put a thought into the world, it can be disagreed with, but it can't be unthought.

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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Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
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