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“And the sinks and mirrors are right there. The hotel instructions state: employees must be clean, their hair smoothly groomed. Unruly poetic locks are forbidden.”

Quote by Antanas Škėma

Book:Balta drobulė
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Balta drobulė

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Antanas Škėma

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