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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Freya Stark

Born: January 31, 1893
Died: May 9, 1993 (aged 100)
Bio: Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne was a British explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as well as several autobiographical works and essays.
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