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Fifth Business (1970)
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I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs.
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She's been kissed oftener than a police-court Bible and by much the same class of people.
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On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.
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This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
August 28, 1913
Died:
December 2, 1995
(aged 82)
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