The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Benjamin Franklin
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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
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Industry need not wish. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., p.237
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