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They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
Mathematician
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Broken Hill
Wilbur Addison Smith
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beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.
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