"I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night."

People, Control, Night, Sleep

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"I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night."

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"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

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