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To me, something that's beautiful in terms of a book is something that lives inside the reader both as a discrete and complete thing, but also something that seeps out into their life and thoughts.

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The main problem I've always had with fashion media is that women are encouraged to copy other women.

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One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like.

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I think that part of the reason I like collaboration so much is because it's something unexpected coming in, and you have to stretch yourself to absorb it.

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You don't go to tarot readers or psychics when everything's going well. It's always evidence of rock-bottom.

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Raffi is arguably the world's most famous children's singer.

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Raffi Cavoukian was born in Cairo in 1948 and moved with his Armenian parents to Toronto when he was 10.

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Raffi doesn't have any grand theories about why his music has been so successful, but he credits a group called the Babysitters as early inspiration.

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Growing up, I never knew that Raffi turned down celebrity endorsements, TV shows, and specials and refused to make merchandise, but it makes sense given how I think about him: My memories are limited to his voice through the record player and the album covers I stared at.

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Some of my favorite experiences of art are when I am there but my attention has wandered. I think stimulation is overrated, and persistent stimulation is exhausting. You sometimes have to be banal, tedious: make the rhythm go soft and slow, give the mind a rest.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: December 25th, 1976

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