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First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.
Edward Albee
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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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The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity.
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I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.
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I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
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School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians
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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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