When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing le… - Samuel Beckett

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When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing.

Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote mainly in English and French.

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Alternative Names: Samuel Barclay Beckett • Sam Beckett • Sa-miao-erh Pei-kʻo-tʻe • Samuel Beḳeṭ

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When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing. - Samuel Beckett

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