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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

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
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
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Confusion Education People
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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Criticism Death Facility
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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Fact Fiction Play Truth
Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Bed Music Sports
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
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Criticism Himself Judge Moral
Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
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Concept Evolution Play Question
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
There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Death Life Poet Writing
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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Act Feeling Optimism Trouble Writing Yourself
I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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Attack Creation Feeling Myself
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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Alive Life Wound Yourself
A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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Interest Myself Surprise

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

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