People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a … - Elizabeth Ashley

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A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.

Elizabeth Ashley

People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and experience in their own lives.

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