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America fears the unshaven legs, the unshaven men's cheeks, the aroma of perspiration, and the limp prick. Above all it fears the limp prick.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Walter Abish

Walter Abish

Born: December 24, 1931
Died: May 28, 2022 (aged 90)
Bio: Walter Abish was an Austrian-American author of experimental novels and short stories.
Known for:
  1. Alphabetical Africa (1974)
  2. How German Is It (1980)
  3. 99, the new meaning (1990)
  4. Eclipse fever (1993)
  5. Double vision (2004)

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