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... able to remember even my own jokes , so that I have been forced to go on making new ones . This disa- bility , I am aware , has made my company less agree- able than it might otherwise have been . I have never kept a diary . I wish now ...
... able to remember even my own jokes , so that I have been forced to go on making new ones . This disa- bility , I am aware , has made my company less agree- able than it might otherwise have been . I have never kept a diary . I wish now ...
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... able to read the plays of Chekhov and have long since forgotten the little I knew . I think now that these schemes of mine were a trifle non- sensical . Words are not important , but their mean- ings , and it is of no spiritual ...
... able to read the plays of Chekhov and have long since forgotten the little I knew . I think now that these schemes of mine were a trifle non- sensical . Words are not important , but their mean- ings , and it is of no spiritual ...
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... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme original and your characterization acute , you will never be able to write a play . A good deal has been written about ...
... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme original and your characterization acute , you will never be able to write a play . A good deal has been written about ...
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