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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Jean Anouilh

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Jean Anouilh
Age: 77 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 1987
Died: October 3
Author
Director
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Film Director
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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh
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Elbows
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Sleeves
Mean
Plunge
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