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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.

Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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Belgrade
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