“Sometimes I surprise myself with my own face.”

—  Johannes Grenzfurthner

Source: Quote from his comedy lecture "Schicksalsjahre eines Nerds" https://www.rabenhoftheater.com/archiv-saison-2014-2015/schicksalsjahre-eines-nerds/ (2014)

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Austrian artist, writer, curator, and theatre and film dire… 1975

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