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Greenspan advised the American people to buy - he repeated the old mantra: 'spending is patriotic'. He also managed to convince them that if they did not have the money, that shouldn't stop them. They would 'pay later'. To a certain extent he was correct, we are all having to 'pay later'... we may even never stop paying.

Gilad Atzmon

I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great family of black American musicians I was beginning to know closely.

Gilad Atzmon

After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.

Gilad Atzmon

Gilad Atzmon

Gilad Atzmon

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Born: June 9, 1963 (age 63)

Bio: Gilad Atzmon is a British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist and writer, originally from Israel.

Known for:

A to Zion: The Definitive Israeli Lexicon (2015)
Being in Time: A Post-Political Manifesto (2017)
A Guide to the Perplexed (2001)
Guia de Perplejos (1999)

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