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School curriculum that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians.

Edward Albee

Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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Philosophy Question
I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
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Doubt Evolution Human Myself Place Thinking Time Wonder
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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Fact Fiction Play Truth
The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
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Animal Art Conscious Decorative Essential Ourselves Separate
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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Himself Play Stage
There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Death Life Poet Writing
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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Control Perspective Writing
I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
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Lying Myself Sick Tired Truth
When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Blame End People Play Way
What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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Education Myself Preference Taste
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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Actor Population
The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.
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Function Greatness Movie Ourselves People Touch
That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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Happiness Moments Stop
The most profound indication of social malignancy no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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Humor Joke Social
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don’t know, but every character is an extension of the author’s own personality.
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Author Character Extension Material People Personality Source Yourself

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