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Everything was simple, physical, painful, exalting. The world consisted of the four elements - land and water, firepower and distancing air.

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Susan Sontag
Age: 71 †
Born: 1933
Born: January 16
Died: 2004
Died: December 28
Author
Essayist
Feminist
Film Critic
Film Director
Historian
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
New York City
New York
Susan Rosenblatt
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Everything
Painful
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Air
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Land
Firepower
Four
Distancing

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