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All my life I've wanted to see London. [...] I wanted to see London the way old people want to see home before they die.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Helene Hanff

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Born: April 15, 1916
Died: April 9, 1997 (aged 80)
Bio: Helene Hanff was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road which became the basis for a stage play, television play, and film of the same name.
Known for:
  1. 84, Charing Cross Road (1970)
  2. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street (1973)
  3. Q's Legacy (1985)
  4. Underfoot in show business (1962)
  5. Letter from New York (1992)

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