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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.

Samuel Beckett

If I was dead, I wouldn’t know I was dead. That’s the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Death Enjoyment Myself
The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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Alcohol Grudge Whiskey
Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Dangerous Kill Memories Mindset Thinking Yourself
You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Accomplishment Attempt Believe Better Failure Impossible Repeat
Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Blind Eyes Fools See
To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Death Forget Man
Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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Deep Listening Meaning Silence Wisdom Word
But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
SAMUEL BECKETT

Moments Place Time
Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
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Imagination Reality Surface
Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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Ability Best Life Myself Silence Talk
Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
SAMUEL BECKETT

End Thankful Yourself
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
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Hard Time Mess Myself Silence Stain
Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Habit Life Perspective
What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Destiny Fate Man Myself
Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Dance Natural Order Thinking
All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Connection Existence Kind Man Spiritual

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