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9 quotesA play visibly represents pure existing.
Plays
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For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?
Choice
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I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.
Soldier
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Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Literature
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Many plays, are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
Plays
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Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.
Marriage
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The best part of married life is the fights. The rests is merely so.
Marriage
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The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.
Animals
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Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise.
Promises
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun