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He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.
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Alan Ayckbourn
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Playwright
Born:
Apr 12
,
1939
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Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.
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