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“... Well, some day i'm going to get in with that wild artistic group. It's the only thing that makes this town different." "The 'wild artistic group,' as you put it, has an average age of fifty-seven, and most of us have heart disease and bladder trouble...” quote by Richard Bradford — Download Open image

““... Well, some day i'm going to get in with that wild artistic group. It's the only thing that makes this town different." "The 'wild artistic group,' as you put it, has an average age of fifty-seven, and most of us have heart disease and bladder trouble...””

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