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You Listen To Handel Operas, Right? And There Are A Thousand Of Them, Right? And They All Sound Alike. If I Look Back On My Work, Maybe It's The Same Thing.

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You Listen To Handel

Isaac Mizrahi

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You Listen To Handel Operas, Right? And There Are A Thousand Of Them, Right? And They All Sound Alike. If I Look Back On My Work, Maybe It's The Same Thing.

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