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I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did.

Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 3
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