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Left to themselves people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind, stupid and selfish.
Tom Stoppard
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Tom Stoppard
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 3
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My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
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