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I Think That Life Is A Paradox And You Have To Embrace That In Your Work And Your Belief Systems... You Can't Be A Literalist, And That's The Trouble That People Always Find Themselves In. That's Why People Always Hit A Wall With Any Of My Stuff, Because You Can't Take It Literally.

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Madonna Ciccone

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I Think That Life Is A Paradox And You Have To Embrace That In Your Work And Your Belief Systems... You Can't Be A Literalist, And That's The Trouble That People Always Find Themselves In. That's Why People Always Hit A Wall With Any Of My Stuff, Because You Can't Take It Literally.

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