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The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.
Susan Sontag
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Susan Sontag
Age: 71 †
Born: 1933
Born: January 16
Died: 2004
Died: December 28
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To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.
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Art is not consciousness per se, but rather its antidote- evolved from within consciousness itself.
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