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Progress is a set of assumptions.

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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First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.
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To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my knowing it, before I sit down to write.
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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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You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?
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