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We live on two levels ... the realistic level and the fantastic level, and which is the real one, really?
Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 1985
Died: February 25
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Columbus
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Thomas Lanier Williams III
Thomas Lanier Williams
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