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Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs. - Cyril Connolly

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English writer

Born:10th September, 1903
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Starsign: Virgo

Author Keywords: Writer, English

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