On the other hand, people who grow up in warm, sunny climates, have warm, sunny personalities: They're friendly, lighthearted, attractive, physically fit, vapid ignoramuses who drive with the top down and create marshmallow art for beach parties.

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Twenty years after the wall came down, Berlin is incredibly beautiful with dozens of new contemporary art galleries.

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Down here, Liu Qin-Zheng practises his art with no hurry and clear enjoyment.

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Instead of sitting down and crying about it, I just decided to get on with my art.

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He perfected the art of buttboarding sitting on his skateboard and careering down hills with no helmet and no brakes and staged rock-throwing wars with other shiftless kids in empty lots.

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One night, with her four small children tucked in, Brackeen ran down to Slug's to hear Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

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