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There is such a thing as everyday, ordinary, vulgar ecstasy the ecstasy of anger, the ecstasy of speed at the wheel, the ecstasy of ear-splitting noise, ecstasy in the soccer stadium.

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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Ordinary
Ecstasy
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Soccer
Noise
Splitting
Speed
Stadium
Anger
Stadiums
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Wheel
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