I don't know -- maybe the world has two different kinds of people, and for one kind the world is this completely logical, rice pudding place, and for the other it's all hit-or-miss macaroni gratin.
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- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: japanese
- Born: January 12, 1949
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