"You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world."

Change, Feelings, Chance, Theater

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"You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world."

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