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My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!
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Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.
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Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
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For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.
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If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood.
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