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I Think The First Experience Scared The Hell Out Of Me. Within Months Of My Initial Marriage [on Angela Bowie], I Realized I Had Done A Really Naive And Rather Stupid Thing. . . . I Don't Think Either Of Us Had Any Real Resolve About Being Together. The Result Was It Made Me Wary Of Relationships.

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I Think The First Experience Scared The Hell Out Of Me. Within Months Of My Initial Marriage [on Angela Bowie], I Realized I Had Done A Really Naive And Rather Stupid Thing. . . . I Don't Think Either Of Us Had Any Real Resolve About Being Together. The Result Was It Made Me Wary Of Relationships.

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The Humanists' Replacement For Religion: Work Really Hard And Somehow You'll Either Save Yourself Or You'll Be Immortal. Of Course, That's A Total Joke, And Our Progress Is Nothing. There May Be Progress In Technology But There's No Ethical Progress Whatsoever.

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[while] My Life Started Taking On All The Problems Of Addiction. So That Took Me Off Into An Area Where Relationships Were Absolutely Impossible To Handle On Any Real Level. . . . Even Communicating With Other People Was Impossible.

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Sweet Head, Give You Sweet Head.

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For Here, Am I Sitting In A Tin Can, Far Above The World. Planet Earth Is Blue, And There's Nothing I Can Do... Though I'm Past One Hundred Thousand Miles, I'm Feeling Very Still - And I Think My Spaceship Knows Which Way To Go. Tell My Wife I Love Her Very Much.

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When The Musical Keyboard Was Created In The 1970's, You Had Electronic Geeks That Had No Background In Music Created These Devises And Gave Them To Musicians That Had No Background In Electronics. The Result Was Some Of The Wierd Sounds That Came Out In The '70s.

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