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I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'
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Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.
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