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Memory does not make films, it makes photographs.
Milan Kundera
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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city, and I realized with anguish in my heart that they were flying like birds and I was falling like a stone, that they had wings and I would never have any.
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The greater the ambiguity, the greater the pleasure.
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Yes, if you're looking for infinity, just close your eyes!
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Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words.
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