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" I created the role of Captain Von Trapp. "
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" We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. "
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" I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. "
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" Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? "
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