“You make me feel too human, Joe. All I want is peace and quiet, not love. I'm a tired old lady, Joe, and I don't mind being what you call "half dead." In fact it's what I like. The twice I was in love I took an awful beating and I don't want it again! I want you to stop it! Don't devil me, Joe. I beg you, don't devil me...”
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Clifford Odets was an American playwright known for his social realism works. His plays often focused on the lives and struggles of the working class and ordinary people, reflecting the realities of American society in the 1930s and 1940s. more
“Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.”
“A species to consider the rich soil to be poor than the refined Gold, Humans”
“Fiecare om are destinul său; singura regulă este să-l accepte şi să-l urmeze oriunde l-ar duce.”
“În această lume există două tragedii.Una e să nu obţină ceea ce vrea omul, şi alta este să obţină.”