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The funny thing about having all this so-called success is that behind it is a certain horrible emptiness.
Sam Shepard
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Sam Shepard
Age: 73 †
Born: 1943
Born: November 5
Died: 2017
Died: July 27
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I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.
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You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me.
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