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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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Sa-miao-erh Pei-kʻo-tʻe
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We lose our hair, our teeth! Our bloom, our ideals.
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I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
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