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We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1929
Born: October 21
Died: 2018
Died: January 22
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To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer to the wrong question.
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