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" Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them. "

Laurie Anderson

Someone

Life

Details

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Think

Spooky

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Paradise

Better

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Workaholic

Real

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Limitations

Good

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