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She developed a pathological aversion to her native England.

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This so-called “sick” comedian was brave, and he paid a price for it.

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An astute proto-ethnologist attired in full Victorian garb.

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He invites us to fail better with our every attempt to explore his sonic presence.

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Rorty patiently dismantles western philosophy.

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“That saving incertitude which is our supreme consolation.”

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“There are no innocent bourgeois.”

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Even his suicide was spectacularly ill-timed.

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Existential fidgeting as wallpaper.

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Deliverance from chaos and meaningless is their obsession.

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Revenge and cruelty are the wicked core of his films.

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Bridging irrecon­cilable ideas was the matrix of his art.

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“Ice does eerie things,” she said.

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His panels and characters are bigger on the inside than on the surface.