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"Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to."

Edwin Booth, American Actor

Actor, Fate, Spirit

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"Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to."

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"Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to."

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