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Clifton Fadiman


Born
in Brooklyn, New york, The United States
May 15, 1904

Died
June 20, 1999

Genre
Nonfiction


Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman was an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality. ...more

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“When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.”
― Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play
tags: books, classics
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“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.”
― Clifton Fadiman
tags: travel
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“A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover”
― Clifton Fadiman
tags: wine
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