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Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

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Death in its way comes just as much of a surprise as birth.

Birth, Death, Surprise, Way
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It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.

Fate, Novelists, Individual, Individuals, Permeates

We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable.

Change, Different, Knowing, Leave, Mostly, Persons

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

Bystanders, Fiction, Said, History, Victors

Irish? In truth I would not want to be anything else. It is a state of mind as well as an actual country. It is being at odds withother nationalities, having quite different philosophy about pleasure, about punishment, about life, and about death. At least it does not leave one pusillanimous.

Country, Odds, Philosophy, Pleasure, Pusillanimous, State

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

Asks, Character, Ireland And The Irish, Maimed, Stark, Tree
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