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Quote by Igor Stravinsky
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore witho

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo and zoo animals have been known to die from stares. – Igor Stravinsky

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