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Fifty years ago we were pariahs—a young girl’s parents would never let her marry an artist. CT: But you’ve said you liked being a pariah. MD: Oh, yes, of course, it may not be very comfortable but at least you have a feeling that you may be ...more
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“The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.”
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“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
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