Method:
—highlight entire Wikipedia article
—copy and paste to Word document
—move through entire text erasing what I want to
—the fragments I keep must be put in angle quotes « »
—every fragment must stay exactly as the original
—I must keep fragments in their original sequence
« this person is referred to by the given name Björk »
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« her singing the song » « punctuated
by howls and shrieks »
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« In 1996, Björk arrived at Bangkok International Airport
with her son Sindri after a long haul flight »
« a female reporter » « began to ask questions to Sindri,
which was then followed by Björk’s lunging at her
and knocking her to the ground. »
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« fan Ricardo López mailed
an acid-spraying letter bomb
to Björk’s London home. »
« Björk left London for Spain »
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« cultivated » « enormous beats that reflect the landscape
of Iceland » « with rocky electronic crunches »
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« Björk at the 2001 Academy Awards, wearing her swan dress »
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« microbeats made from household sounds »
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« “Most Controversial Music Videos”. »
« a seemingly naked Björk »
« her nipples secreting a red thread
that eventually enveloped her in a cocoon. »
« a heavily pregnant Björk. Björk gave birth to » « Björk
and » « recorded a composition written, especially
for her, by » « Björk »
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« As she sang, her dress slowly unfurled
to reveal a 10,000 square foot (900 m²) map
of » « a » « Internet
with additional vocals by »
« Japanese culture. »
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« On 13 January 2008, Björk attacked
a photographer who had photographed
her arrival at Auckland International Airport »
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« 3-D “scientific musical”. »
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« “The last album, we sort of call it ‘hell’. »
« “So we are doing paradise now. »
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« chilly strings » « stuttering, »
« general meshing of organic
and synthetic » « sexuality » « sung
in a sometimes “unstable whisper” »
« Björk stated: »
« By books, by the weather,
by the water, by my shoes,
if they’re comfortable or not. »
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« Björk “broke Chinese law”
and “hurt Chinese people’s feelings”
and » « Björk has also taken an interest
in » « a venture capital fund titled “BJÖRK”
to support the » « alter ego character, HK119. »
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« Commonly and incorrectly pronounced /ˈbjɔːrk/ »
« Note: reader must define search parameter as “Bjork”. »
« Lobster or Fame, by Ólafur Jóhann Engilbertsson. »