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Nothing is more real than nothing.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
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I try. I fail. I try again. I fail better.
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