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He used to go and sit by the ocean, and watch it for hours and hours. And one day it occoured to me, that I, as a viewer, am in fact seeing two oceans, for this man himself is an ocean.
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Javed Akhtar, A Voice from Heaven(1999). Directed by Giuseppe Asaro. New York, NY: Winstar TV & Video. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259727

 

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