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The body is not simply the combination of dance, muscles, body-building, strength and sex: it is a universe.

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Paul Virilio
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 4
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
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Despite the economic disaster that is Russia, there are still air shows taking place in the country.
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In the very near future, and I stress this important point, it will no longer be war that is the continuation of politics by other means, it will be what I have dubbed 'the integral accident' that is the continuation of politics by other means.
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