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A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million is made by producing something that everybody needs every day. You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time.

Source: The Matchmaker, II
-- Thornton Wilder, (Apr 17 1897-1975), US playwright, novelist; He is well known for his plays Our Town, 1938 and The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942.

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