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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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Marina Abramoviæ
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I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.
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Talking about [Donald] Trump, there's nothing wrong with Trump. He's who he is. It's wrong with us, who let him [win]. That's what's wrong. It's not that he's going to change, but the people who think like him.
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Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.
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We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.
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Western culture has more need because they're so much more degenerated. They're so much more hurt, and misbalanced completely.
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You should see ballerinas' feet. They don't have nails. You see beauty, but it's unbelievable pain - with a 40-year pension! That's it, and then life is really finished.
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