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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

William Faulkner

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Clock Come Life Only Stop Time When
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Justmw Ay Money Say Spend Value
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