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Tom Stoppard Quotes: Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child
         

Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child


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To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.



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