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People like eccentrics and they will therefore leave me alone, saying that I am a "mad clown."

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Franz Kafka

Vaslav Nijinsky

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Born: March 12, 1889
Died: April 8, 1950 (aged 61)
Bio: Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. He was celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations.

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