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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.

Tennessee Williams

William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
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Country Great Have Heart Irity Life Live One People Person Play Success Theme Time Worth Wrote
The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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Cruelty Deliberate Only Unforgivable
Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn’t love you.
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Alone Entire Live Living Lonelier Love Someone You
In memory everything seems to happen to music.
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Everything Happen Memory Music Seem
Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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Door House Liar Lie Lock Magie Through
You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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Can Money Old Without You Young
There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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Activate Bad Better Good Little Malice Misunderstanding More No People Some Worse
Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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Have Magician Opposite Pocket Sleeve Stage Thing Trick Yes
Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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Believe Dignity Importance Let Life More Question Still Unanswered
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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Day Posthumous Rest Stop Work
Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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Arrangement Economic Face Let Many Marriage Way
Don’t you just love these long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour — but a little bit of eternity dropped in your hands — and who knows what to do with it?
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Afternoon Bit Country Drop Eternity Hand Hour Judge Know Little Long Love Rain
Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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Acquainted Before Commence Death Early Fast Go Half Life Meet Nothin Other Outrun So Time
All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
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All Bases Concept Delinquent God Mythology Senile Theory Western Whole
This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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Ashamed Fact Fear Hate Life Little Live Machine Other People Persuade Same Say Simple Sure Teach Understand World
The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
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Condition Conventional Him Only Right Unavoidable Work

I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.

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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.

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