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attempting to find in motion what was lost in space.
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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Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama.
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I'm not in sympathy with Communism except for populations which are in a state of peasantry, actually hungry and starving. The ideal state for me is some form of Socialism, which doesn't yet exist, as far as I know, which doesn't repress the arts, or any race. Consequently I'm not a political person ... except that I'm a revolutionary.
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A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you.
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Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.
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Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down.
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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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Security is a kind of death.
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Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
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The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.
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How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.
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When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that occurs in life should be omitted from art, though the artist should present it in a fashion that is artistic and not ugly. I set out to tell the truth. And sometimes the truth is shocking.
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