"The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years."

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"The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years."

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"I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot."

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"If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have."

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"Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land."

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