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If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.
John Cage
John Cage
John Cage
Born: Sep 5, 1912
Died: Aug 12, 1992

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