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People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil. - Eugène Ionesco
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About Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (26 November 1909 – 29 March 1994), born Eugen Ionescu, was a Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of Theatre of the Absurd.
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