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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.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Yes, there is no denying it, any longer, it is not you who are dead, but all the others. So you get up and go to your mother, who thinks she is alive. That's my impression. But now I shall have to get myself out of this ditch. How joyfully I would vanish here, sinking deeper and deeper under the rains.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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Better hope deferred than none.
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Mysterious affair, electricity.
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That penny farthing hell you call your mind
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Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
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