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Mendacity is a system that we live in, declares Brick. Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.
Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 1985
Died: February 25
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Thomas Lanier Williams III
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