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“Some Jungian or Freudian would tell me I'm just trying to go back to the womb... at gunpoint, if necessary.” quote by Guy Maddin — Download Open image

“Some Jungian or Freudian would tell me I'm just trying to go back to the womb... at gunpoint, if necessary.”

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