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We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.

Luigi Pirandello

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Luigi Pirandello
Age: 69 †
Born: 1867
Born: June 28
Died: 1936
Died: December 10
Author
Director
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Luwiji Pirandélo
Luidzhi Pirandello
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Wall
Like
Move
Waiting
Talk
Moving
Someone
Come
Puppets
Many
Hung

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