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Thornton Wilder Quotes: A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.
         

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.


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