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But once an original book has been written - and no more than one or two appear in a century - men of letters imitate it, in other words, they copy it so that hundreds of thousands of books are published on exactly the same theme, with slightly different titles and modified phraseology. This should be able to be achieved by apes, who are essentially imitators, provided, of course, that they are able to make use of language.

Pierre Boulle

If they do only one jump, you know, there's a fifty percent chance of an injury. Two jumps it's eighty percent. The third time, it's dead certain they won't get off Scot free. You see? It's not a question of training, but the law of averages.

Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle

Born: February 20, 1912

Died: January 30, 1994 (aged 81)

Bio: Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes, that were both made into award-winning films.

Known for:

Planet of the Apes (1963)
The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952)
Desperate games (1973)
The whale of the Victoria Cross (1983)
Ears of the jungle (1972)

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