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We don't talk about planes flying. We talk about them crashing.
Tibor Kalman
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Tibor Kalman
Age: 49 †
Born: 1949
Born: July 6
Died: 1999
Died: May 2
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Graphic Designer
Buda Pest
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Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.
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