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It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible ... They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.

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Bjork
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 21
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir
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