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No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

Source: The Playwright's Role, in Observer, (London), 29 Jun 1958; repr. in Notes and Counter-Notes, pt. 2, 1962.
-- Eugene Ionesco, (Nov 26 1912-1994), Romanian-French dramatist; His one-act antiplay La Cantatrice Chauve, 1949 (The Bald Soprano) inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques including parody and slapstick.

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