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«Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
beautifully, out of character, out of place, stupid person
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