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"I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put o..." — Bernard Williams
I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.
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