“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” – Bob Dylan
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"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be." – Bob Dylan
"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be." – Bob Dylan
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