"In 1990, my wife and I were married……" — Alex Shoumatoff
"In 1990, my wife and I were married in her village in southwestern Uganda. The festivities went on for three days, and all the while a couple of dozen gray-crowned cranes, with regal bonnets of sun-shot yellow feathers, were pecking and padding around in the adjacent savanna."
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16 Quotes by Alex Shoumatoff
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The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.
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