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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. - George Orwell

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Author of classics such as 'Nineteen eighty four'

Born:25th June, 1903
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Starsign: Cancer

Author Keywords: Nineteen, Eighty, Four, Classics, Author

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Ludwig Feuerbach, Matthew Pinsent, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, E B White

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