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In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all answers answer all questions.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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John Milton Cage Jr.
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In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
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