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There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.

Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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French Resistance Fighter
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Novelist
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Dublin city
Samuel Barclay Beckett
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Sa-miao-erh Pei-kʻo-tʻe
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