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Quote by Milan Kundera
The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental

The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen. – Milan Kundera

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