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Maybe vagueness has been good for me. the word means two different things in tokyo and osaka, you know. in tokyo it means stupidity, but in osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of go.
-Yasunari Kawabata
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Maybe Vagueness Has Been Good For Me.

Yasunari Kawabata
Maybe vagueness has been good for me. the word means two different things in tokyo and osaka, you know. in tokyo it means stupidity, but in osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of go.
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