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1960s
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The twins spend their second day in Paris at the Louvre.
''... Really great geniuses, eh Fritz? One could barely call them human beings.''
'' As a matter of fact, I don't think they were... just superior beings from some other planet... perhaps from the same one that gave us Mozart and Plato, for it's impossible that a mere human being create such monumental works.''
''Wonderful...
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― Memories of Recurrent Echoes
― Memories of Recurrent Echoes
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I was lucky to live in New York when it was dangerous and edgy and cheap enough to play host to young, penniless artists. That was the era of "coffee shops" as they were defined in New York—cheap restaurants open round the clock where you could eat for less than it would cost to cook at home. That was the era of ripped jeans and dirty T-shirts, when the kind of people who are impressed by material signs of success were not the people you wanted to know.
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― City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
― City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
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