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Estragon
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Estragon:
I can't go on like this.
Vladimir:
That's what you think.
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Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.
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Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.
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Pozzo:
I am blind. (Silence.)
Estragon:
Perhaps he can see into the future.
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Vladimir:
That passed the time.
Estragon:
It would have passed in any case.
Vladimir:
Yes, but not so rapidly.
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Estragon:
What about hanging ourselves?
Vladimir:
Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
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VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it.
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Estragon:
Charming spot. Inspiring prospects. Let's go.
Vladimir:
We can't.
Estragon:
Why not?
Vladimir:
We're waiting for Godot.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
Samuel Beckett
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Born:
April 13, 1906
Died:
December 22, 1989
(aged 83)
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