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Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes: I am a victim. To be an artist is to be a victim, because if you don't do what you want to do you die. That is the reality.
         

I am a victim. To be an artist is to be a victim, because if you don't do what you want to do you die. That is the reality.


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I am a victim. To be an artist is to be a victim, because if you don't do what you want to do you die. That is the reality.
         



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