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The fact is , I suppose , that their personality is made up of the parts they play and that the basis of it is something amorphous . It is a soft , malleable thing that is capable of taking any shape and being painted in any colour .
The fact is , I suppose , that their personality is made up of the parts they play and that the basis of it is something amorphous . It is a soft , malleable thing that is capable of taking any shape and being painted in any colour .
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I suppose , by the advent of the cinema . Today , audiences , especially in English- ... 36 A PLAY IS THE result of a collaboration between the au- thor , the actors , the audience , and , I suppose one must add now , the director .
I suppose , by the advent of the cinema . Today , audiences , especially in English- ... 36 A PLAY IS THE result of a collaboration between the au- thor , the actors , the audience , and , I suppose one must add now , the director .
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ing a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when ...
ing a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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