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" I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play. "

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" If you don't know what is being said, the rest of the actor's work is wasted. "

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" The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world. "

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" If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation. "

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" Pink Floyd are one of a handful of bands I've listened to a lot and whose concerts I've been to. I love the experience. I don't dance; I just jig up and down like everybody else. "

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