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" I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future. "

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" James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. "

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" Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper now. I just haven't got time. "

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" In 2005, I got an email from Belarus Free Theatre. They were emailing playwrights in America and England announcing their existence and saying they would like support from us. I wrote back and asked if they wanted us to visit. They said, 'Yes, we'd love that.' "

" I'm not that taken with Freudian perspectives. They seem to be overcomplicated. "

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