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It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.
Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
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Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It will have a special kind of reality that it won't once it's decoded.
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And there was a beutiful view But nobody could see Cause everybody on the island Was saying Look at me! Look at me.
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