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Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - pretty nice guys and gals?'
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Born: Oct 3, 1925
Died: Jul 31, 2012

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