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Samuel Beckett

a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

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Words are all we have.

– Samuel Beckett

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Habit is a great deadener.

– Samuel Beckett

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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Vladimir That passed the time. Estragon It would have passed in any case. Vladimir Yes, but not so rapidly.

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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

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We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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Fail, fail again, fail better.

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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. (Worstward Ho!)

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How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.

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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

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If you are tied, learn to slow down not quit.

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Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.

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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

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The major sin is the sin of being born.

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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

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