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Evelyn Waugh Quotes

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.
Evelyn Waugh

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Author Quotes
Category:
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Date of Birth:
October 28, 1903
Date of Death:
April 10, 1966
Nationality:
English
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Quote Keywords:

Absurd, Class, Division, Dynamic, Instead, Into, Ought, Sexes, Static
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