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We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.

Igor Stravinsky

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Igor Stravinsky
Age: 88 †
Born: 1882
Born: June 17
Died: 1971
Died: April 6
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Forward
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Late
Instrument
Already
Clock
Asks
Slow
Back
Flying
Even
Speed
Going
Instruments
Neither

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