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A great artist has to be ready to fail.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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Film Director
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Serbia
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramoviæ
Marina Abramovicz
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Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.
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