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Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

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Edward Albee
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 12
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Edward Franklin Albee III
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People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'
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I think we should all live on the precipe of life, as fully and as dangerously as possible. Everyone should make the assumption that they're going through life only once. Tomorrow we die. Why not take chances, extend yourself? How awful it is when a person comes to the end of life full of regret.
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Good writers define reality bad ones merely restate it.
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