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I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.

Edward Albee

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Edward Albee
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 12
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Playwright
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Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
University Teacher
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Washington
District of Columbia
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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It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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The most profound indication of social malignancy ... no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery....I write to find out what I'm thinking about.
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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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