Tape recording declaring how he recited one of his poems in response to a question "What is your background?" (1992)
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Context: I am a being of Heaven and Earth,
of thunder and lightning,
of rain and wind,
of the galaxies,
of the suns and the stars
and the void through which they travel.
The essence of nature,
eternal, divine that all men seek to know to hear,
known as the great illusion time,
and the all-prevailing atmosphere.
And now you know my background.
“They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.”
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Clint Eastwood 39
actor and director from the United States 1930Related quotes

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