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I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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The hand of God creates it does not conceal.
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I write stories about conspiracies and paranoid characters while I am, in fact, a very skeptical person.
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
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