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The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.


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It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go.



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My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught.



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Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist.



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