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Over, over, there is a soft place in my heart for all that is over, no, for the being over, words have been my only loves, not many.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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Estragon: I can't go on like this. Vladimir: That's what you think.
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Ah, the old questions, the old answers, there's nothing like them!
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