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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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The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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Dead Even never Not Past
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Avatar Condition Existence Fluid Individual Momentary No Only People Such Thing Time
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Accept Action Bear Burden Consequences Gentlemen Responsibility
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Battle Despair Even Ever Field Folly Fought Lluision Man No Only Own Reveal Victory Won
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Every Evoke Hand Ideal Man Mind Phrase Stage Which Women Word Wrist
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Artist Choose Creature Demon Divine Him Usually Why Wonder
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Born Get Keep Lot People Same Time Try
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Enough Even Just Long Sure Wait Will
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