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Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. If they had they would not need a love potion.

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John Collier

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Born: May 3, 1901
Died: April 6, 1980 (aged 78)
Bio: John Henry Noyes Collier was a British-born author and screenplay writer best known for his short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Known for:
  1. The African Queen (1951)
  2. Some Call It Loving (1973)
  3. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
  4. Elephant Boy (1937)
  5. I Am a Camera (1955)

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