There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin. - James Joyce

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There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.

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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet.

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Birth Name: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
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