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...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work

…I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism. – Minnie Maddern Fiske

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