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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard

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You cant but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because its a narrative art form. – Tom Stoppard

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