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The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.
Karl Kraus
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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.
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Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.
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