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You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

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Edward Albee
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 12
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Author
Playwright
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
University Teacher
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Edward Franklin Albee III
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Truffles
Swine

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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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