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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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Words fail, there are times when even they fail.
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The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to speech, is what enables the discourse to continue.
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