Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

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Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

by Richard Linklater (Screenplay), Kim Krizan (Screenplay by), Julie Delpy (Screenplay by)

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In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers.

On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediate...more

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Published May 10th 2005 by Vintage

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Apr 04, 2013 Saman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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پیش از طلوع و پیش از غروب، دوگانه‌ای‌ست درباره‌ی انسان و عواطفش و به صورتِ جزیی‌تر پایداری یا ناپایداری روابط بینِ انسان‌ها. در قسمت اوّلِ این دو گانه ما با دو جوان آشنا می‌شویم که سرشارند از احساس، از عاطفه و هنوز به عشق و حُرمت آن اعتقاد دارند و تنها چند ساعت فرصت دارند تا با یکدیگر باشند. علائق و دلمشغولی‌های مشترک خویش را بیابند. (حضور) یکدیگر را درک کنند تا از هم (شناخت)ی به دست بیاورند؛ بل‌که این (حضور) بتواند، باعث شود تا آن دو مابقی عمر خویش را به دنبال شخص دیگری نگردند و باور کنند این د...more پیش از طلوع و پیش از غروب، دوگانه‌ای‌ست درباره‌ی انسان و عواطفش و به صورتِ جزیی‌تر پایداری یا ناپایداری روابط بینِ انسان‌ها. در قسمت اوّلِ این دو گانه ما با دو جوان آشنا می‌شویم که سرشارند از احساس، از عاطفه و هنوز به عشق و حُرمت آن اعتقاد دارند و تنها چند ساعت فرصت دارند تا با یکدیگر باشند. علائق و دلمشغولی‌های مشترک خویش را بیابند. (حضور) یکدیگر را درک کنند تا از هم (شناخت)ی به دست بیاورند؛ بل‌که این (حضور) بتواند، باعث شود تا آن دو مابقی عمر خویش را به دنبال شخص دیگری نگردند و باور کنند این دیگری همانی‌ست که به دنبالش بوده‌اند و باید باشد همانی‌ست که حضورش می‌تواند رنگِ دیگری به زندگی‌شان بدهد. لحظه‌ها را سرشار کند و هنگام بیان نام یکدیگر دهانشان عطرِ خوشِ آشنایی به خود بگیرد

امّا واقعاً (آشنا) شدن با یکدیگر و در کنار هم بودن و با یکدیگر زمان را سپری کردن باعث می‌شود تا ما به (شناخت) از طرف مقابل برسیم؟ این تصوری‌ست که اغلب ما انسان‌ها داریم که وقتی در کنار هم هستیم و زمانی را هر چند طولانی با یکدیگر سپری می‌کنیم، از طرف مقابلمان دارای یک (شناخت) می‌شویم. این صرفاً یک (تصور) است. واقعیت این است که ما از خویشتن شناختِ کافی و وافی نداریم، پس چگونه می‌توان از دیگری به شناختی کامل برسیم؟ ما از طرف مقابلمان صرفاً یک (تصویر) می‌سازیم. یک (رویا). تصویری که دوست داریم باشد. تصویری که خود از آن تهی هستیم. و این تصویر را بسیار دوست داریم. این‌جاست که وقتی آن‌چه را در یک رابطه می‌خواهیم و به دست نمی‌آوریم پناه می‌بریم به عالم رویا. می‌آییم به آن رابطه از جهات مختلف نگاه می‌کنیم چون باور واقعیّت سخت است و برای سرپیچی از آن هر کس بنا به شخصیّت خویش دست به عملی می‌زند. (جسی) فیلم یا داستان ما وقتی معشوقه‌اش بر سر میعادگاه حاضر نمی‌شود نُه سال از عمر خویش را صرف نوشتن می‌کند. از یار می‌نویسد. از عطر خوشِ یار و (حضور خلوت اُنس). و وقتی (سلین) علّت را جویا می‌شود، پاسخِ (جسی) این است: " بعد از نیامدن تو، بعد از تنها ماندنم، زندگی‌ام به یک سقوط تبدیل شد" و تمامِ جانِ کلام همین جمله است. (جسی) در (پیش از غروب) تبدیل به آدم دیگری می‌شود. (تنهایی) را احساس می‌کند. با ذره ذره‌ی وجودش احساس می‌کند و برای پُر کردن این تنهایی و برای احتمال دیدار یار، نه سالِ تمام، یک شبِ با هم بودن را می‌نویسد. از معشوق می‌نویسد و عطر خوش وصالِ او

در (پیش از غروب) نیز (سلین) لب به اعتراف می‌گشاید: " احساس می‌کنم هیچ وقت نمی‌تونم آدمایی که باهاشون بودم رو فراموش کنم، چون هر آدمی ویژگی‌های خاصِ خودش رو داره و هیچ وقت نمی‌تونی آدمی رو با آدم دیگه‌ای عوض کنی... چون هر آدمی جزئیات زیبای مخصوصِ به خودش رو داره ". (سلین) در طول این نه سال مشغول زندگی شده. سعی کرده آن شب را فراموش کند و یا حداقل به دورترین نقطه‌ی خاطرش بسپارد امّا " تا وقتی کتابِ لعنتیِ تو رو نخونده بودم حالم خوب بود – اون موقع همه چیز به هم ریخت. یادم افتاد چقدر رمانتیک بودم، چقدر به همه چیز اُمید داشتم... به نظر می‌رسه تما احساس‌های عاشقانه‌م رو اون شب جا گذاشتم و دیگه نتونستم تا امروز همچین احساسی به دست بیارم. یه جورایی اون شب، هر چی داشتم ازم گرفت. احساسم رو بهت دادم و تو با خودت بُردیش". (سلینِ) داستان ما نیز (دُچار) تنهایی شده.

تکرار می‌کنم: ( دُچار تنهایی شده). این‌جاست که با تمام هوش، زیرکی و ذکاوتِ زنانگی‌ش، (جسی) را به منزلش مهمان می‌کند، چایِ بابونه برایش مهیا می‌کند، ترانه‌ای برایش می‌خواند و تقلید (نینا سیمون) را می‌کند. تا این آخرین لحظات برای هر دو جاودانه شود. تا اگر قرار است این آخرین دیدار باشد، زیباترین وداع باشد و این‌جاست که (جسی) می‌داند از ساعت پروازش عقب مانده است و آخرین مونولوگِ این دوگانه از زبان (سلین) بیان می‌شود: " هی، تو عزیزم، پروازت دیر می‌شه". و (جسی) دیگر نمی‌خواهد این نه سال بی‌خبری، تنهایی و خَلـــع ادامه پیدا کند و می‌خندد و چه زیبا می‌خندد و (پیش از غروب) با موسیقی و صدای (نینا سیمون) فِید می‌شود
پیش از طلوع و پیش از غروب چه در قالب فیلمنامه و چه در قالب فیلم ساخته شده از آن، دارای تفکر و نگرش عمیقی‌ست به انسان و تنهایی. تنهایی. تنهایی عریان. و خواننده و بیننده بعد از خواندن و دیدن این فیلم احساس می‌کند که به زندگی‌اش، به لحظاتش، به جان و هستی‌اش چیزی اضافه شده؛ چیزی ناب و غیر قابل جایگزین
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Screenplay:
Celine: People just have an affair, or even entire relationships. they breakup and they forget.
They move on like they would have changed brand of cereals. I feel I was never able to forget anyone I've been whit because each person had their own specific qualities.
You can never replace anyone what is lost is lost.
I see in them little details, so specific to each of them, that move me and that I miss and will always miss.
You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such bea...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Kunal Sen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Two screenplays of such great wisdom and finesse. Both are remarkably short at I think, 86 and 78 pages for 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset' respectively but the gamut of emotions and things Linklater manages to talk about are staggering: repressed memories, childhood memories, false memories, environment, marriage, death, romance, existentialism and serendipity....

It (the series) doesn't speak glibly for one second, it is profound in its language, reverential in its treatment and lets the t...more

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Mar 15, 2013 rashida xp rated it 5 of 5 stars

well,
fiest Of all , i Think That This is One Of the Best Stories i`v ever Read ,
The first Thing That i Noticed is Their eye language , Like ....what Happend in vienna Has already Changed their Life upside down ..
You could see this Tear That almost drop from their eyes, cause they feel mad ... Mad because They had to wait ...
Only 9 years ,could make this Night worth To remember .
For so long Time i was telling the people to watch This Movie , but i ended Up with nothing ..
Untile My sister saw it...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Chelsea rated it 4 of 5 stars

I watched both of these movies in my film class and had to read the script (this book) to write a paper about it. I loved both of them! I think it's kind of like a fantasy come true, meeting someone in a foreign city and spending one day with them and never seeing each other again. It seems a little cheesy but the fact the both of the characters are made so human and awkward and unsure of themselves made it much mroe believable and enjoyable.

I will say though, I liked the first better than the...more

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May 06, 2012 Quinky rated it 4 of 5 stars

Before Sunrise:

OK so I finished with Before Sunrise. I read it while watching the movie. The actors and the feel of it, kept true to the script. Even though there were some scenes that were changed, most of the conversations were the same. It's a nice story that could happen to any one of us if we have the courage to take that chance. The feel of the entire story is very relaxing, just like two best friends or normal people having to talk about themselves. The appeal to me is this freedom to be...more Before Sunrise:

OK so I finished with Before Sunrise. I read it while watching the movie. The actors and the feel of it, kept true to the script. Even though there were some scenes that were changed, most of the conversations were the same. It's a nice story that could happen to any one of us if we have the courage to take that chance. The feel of the entire story is very relaxing, just like two best friends or normal people having to talk about themselves. The appeal to me is this freedom to be able to talk about anything because the other person is a stranger. Most people will think the other way around. But for me because that person is a stranger, he has no way on telling a mutual friend on my deepest darkest secret. I like how the girl is just this ordinary person looking for a chance to fall in love and worrying about her future. And the guy is this person who was hurt from a broken heart, wanting to believe in it again but questions everything about it because he was reserved on the matter. The magic of it is because it is so ordinary that I think audience can relate to it. I even wished that it could have happened to me. And I agree one night of just talking and sharing secrets is so much more intimate than maybe your first date to the movies. The connection is there and thus it is believable that by the end of the day, they fell in love.

But the simplicity of it only takes me so far. I can't help comparing it to “Sex, Lies and Videotapes” because that was the first script that I've read while watching the movie at the same time. There was more depth in character for Steven's script. Maybe because of the whole twisted situation they were in, the depth of the emotional hurt that Graham went through and how we see this through his behavior. But the movie for me didn't deliver compared to the script and it is harder to think that the event in “SL&V” could just happen to anyone. Well not the cheating part at least. So it is a matter of question whether we watch movie for the reality it presented or the artificial dreams we wished to have. Going back to before sunrise, I like it that it's real but my personal preference is that I enjoy movie because it's not real. I've thought about the same silly everyday questions on facts of life or why things are are meant to be the way they are, that Jesse or Celine mentioned in the script. So it's just like presenting it again on a big screen. I want that escape. Like Jesse wanted to escape by being with Celine. I guess the story is also about this guy escaping from reality and that I escape from mine by watching him escape from his…? Did I make sense? Nonetheless it is an interesting script. A good script about two people finding out about each other through conversations in one night and fell in love. And the next time you're on a train you'll wonder if anyone would hit on you too. Haha….(-_-)" But I do wonder if the actor was just an ordinary guy, would it be as interesting for the movie?

Before Sunset:

Will update it once I've finished.

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Jan 03, 2011 Vince Wu rated it 4 of 5 stars

An interesting screenplay consisting almost entirely of dialogue. "Before Sunrise" felt very much like a genuine conversation between close friends, the kind you often have when young... You talk about everything and anything. The conversations seem pointless, but the clash of ideas and forced introspection help you discover who you are.

For instance:

“I always think that I’m still this 13-year old boy that doesn’t really know how to be an adult, pretending to live my life, taking notes for when

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Jun 12, 2012 Swapnil rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-book-covers, books-related-2-music-i-like, favorites, read-more-than-once, poetry, the-5-stars-are-not-enough-club, screenplays

After all what is life but that ONE DAY we wish to live. That ONE DAY with that PERFECT PERSON. That ONE DAY full of life. That ONE DAY talking those beautiful things while walking those beautiful lanes. That ONE DAY full of love. That ONE DAY of knowing ourselves at the same time losing ourselves. That ONE DAY when we realize that we are not all alone in this world. That ONE DAY with that PERFECT PERSON, when we can spontaneously share all our thoughts, all our insecurities, all our wonderful m...more

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May 02, 2011 Neha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: saw-movie-version-too, read-in-2011, kwench

Have you ever taken a journey alone? Have you felt the thrill of meeting someone on a journey? When you take a seat in the train/ bus and wander who would come and sit next to you? Will it be someone you can talk to? Do you still remember that conversation you had with a young stranger on the journey somewhere. You forget the face, you forget the journey but you never forget the conversation... It is like you are living a moment only to create beautiful memories for the future... this is THE pre...more Have you ever taken a journey alone? Have you felt the thrill of meeting someone on a journey? When you take a seat in the train/ bus and wander who would come and sit next to you? Will it be someone you can talk to? Do you still remember that conversation you had with a young stranger on the journey somewhere. You forget the face, you forget the journey but you never forget the conversation... It is like you are living a moment only to create beautiful memories for the future... this is THE premise of this movie and the book version of screenplay.

How weird is it that when you read a book you wonder how the movie will be and when you see a movie you wonder how it would have been if it was a book. In latter though you don’t wonder too much because the characters and places already resemble that of a movie. Very frankly this is the first time that I have enjoyed both the book and the movie so much.

It is an age old concept of two strangers meeting in a strange place and falling for each other, but this movie/ book provides a new meaning to it. The first part does not end usual with boy chasing girl on a running train and them getting together, neither the second part. Both parts are about the time they spend with each other before sunrise and before sunset. Are love and romance different, or are they same? If we love someone do we need to romance them or vice versa... When do you know that you are attracted to someone? When does this attraction turn into love? Sometimes spending some beautiful moments together is what you remember the most in your entire life lived. How one night changes your entire life and how you end up meeting the most strange but most cherished people in most unexpected circumstances. Is it what they call being open to life?

They are lovers in their own right - they play, they tease, they share, they emote, they foreplay, they argue, they debate, they discuss, they ask, they answer, they tell, they lie, they confess, they desire, they get, they give, they hold, they leave, they stay, they come back, they keep, they remember, they move, they walk, they lie, they journey, they laugh, they cherish, they wander and they romance. I only learnt one thing - love is survival but romance is living... some people can live their life in love and some only need a lil romance to live it... but the best part of the book were the conversations between these two strangers. It tells a lot about them and hides enough to keep the other person wanting more. Like they say!!

Love is like this escape for people who haven’t learned to be alone or to make something of themselves. People think love is this unselfish or totally giving thing. But if you think about it, there’s probably nothing more selfish. (less)

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Jun 18, 2009 CaliGirlRae rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: screenplay, wishlist, cinema, favorite, favorites

I haven't read the scripts themselves and this collection of the two scripts need to be on my bookshelf like yesterday but I flipping LOVE these two movies. They just complement each other so well. A meditation on life and love, I never thought a movie with so much talk would have so much heart and soul, even when the characters aren't saying a word. Right up there as one of my top favorite films.

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Jun 09, 2013 Margarita rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, romance

I purchased my copy of the screenplays from the bookstore where the second movie begins (Shakespeare and Company) and gobbled up the second screenplay while waiting to go up the Eiffel Tower. I loved that the screenplay of the first movie included many scenes that were cut from the film. Intelligently written and incredibly romantic. Love the storyline.

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Apr 08, 2013 Guillermo Hang rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Ambas películas siempre me generaron lo mismo: ganas de tener un cuaderno al lado para anotar todas las frases de reflexión memorables. Por eso compré el libro, y cumple lo que deseaba.

Both films generated always the same wish: to have notebook next to take note of memorable sentences of reflection. So I bought the book, and it fits what I wanted.

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Jan 24, 2008 Joshua rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone into good films

Shelves: film-study

I have always been fascinated by films. The ability to show a story in motion is just to much to resist. While I have studied and watched many films throughout my life, not many have touched me like these two films. The subtle nuances of lost and found love in these films have had a deep and lasting impact on my creativity. When I heard that the two screenplays where being released together, I quickly set out to buy them and have read them over and over, seeing the scenes and body language from...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Lydia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-that-stay-with-you

I loved it! I've seen Before Sunrise twice and the majority of Before Sunset twice and I loved being able to have the images in my head and almost recreate the film in my mind. It's interesting to see how the actors deviate from the original script in the film to make the dialogue smoother and see how things might have went differently if they had stuck with the written lines. For the best experience, I recommend watching the films while reading the screenplay, it's absolutely perfect.

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Oct 28, 2012 Rullsenberg rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, screenplay

In the context of the movie - heck, even in the context of friendly text exchanges - the lines in these two movies take on extra poignancy. But I think the words need the 'human touch' as it were to truly fly. I'm not really reading when I read this book; rather I'm rehearing the lines, re-seeing the gestures, the expressions and the settings. Does that make it a successful book/text? [return][return]I'm prepared to re-evaluate the screenplays to 3 stars perhaps, but I think this is more a revie...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Nadine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: purchased-in-2011, read-in-2011

I love these screenplays. They are so beautiful. If anyone has seen these movies and loved them, then buy the screenplays. I only wish I could go home right now and watch the movies back to back.

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Aug 08, 2007 vie rated it 5 of 5 stars

daydream delusion
limousine eyelash
oh baby with your pretty face
drop a tear in wineglass
look at those big eyes
see what it means to me
sweetcakes and milkshakes

im delusion angel
im fantasy parade

i want you to know what i think
dont want you to guess anymore
you have no idea where i came from
you have no idea where we're going

lodged in life, like branches in the river
flowing downstream caught in the current

i carry you, you carry me
that's how it could be

dont you know me
dont you know me by now..

jesse and...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Adri Campuzano rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the script of my favorite movies.
I love it.
I bought it in Shakespeare and Co. ;)

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Jun 05, 2010 Sherry Nick rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have seen these movies, I didn't read... I like the first one more!

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Jul 01, 2010 Stoneangel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved these two movies so much I bought the screenplays

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Dec 27, 2012 Prabhat Saraswat added it

enchanting! Just like the movie.

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Nov 29, 2010 Alvaro rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great gift for any fan f the films

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Jun 23, 2009 Hasanuddin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiksi

Beautiful moment, beautiful love!

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Nov 25, 2011 Michele rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Screenplay's to two great movies.

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Jul 03, 2009 Marta rated it 5 of 5 stars

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT SO MUCH.

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Jun 17, 2012 Joanna Cho rated it 5 of 5 stars

The best screenplay in all of the galaxies. It's just as remarkable as the film and it inspires me and provokes so much thought.

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Aug 07, 2007 Danny Lazuardi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Definetily the best movies i've ever watch...!!!
Deep, smart, emotional conversation, Ethan Hawke N Julie Delphy are at their best..!!!
Who ever wrote this script are so f**kin brilliant...!!!
MUST SEE, MUST READ...!!!

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Jun 24, 2008 Tesilyaraven rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: hopeless romantics

Recommended to Tesilyaraven by: Heather Ferne

I liked the movie and enjoyed being transported to a world of spontaneous connection, romantic flirtation, discussion on life, death, fate, and love when two strangers meet on a train. A good dose of romance.

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Apr 03, 2007 Jared Busch rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: film

I was really kind of obsessed with these movies a couple years ago, so this book was like lost treasure. there are numerous instances of additional dialogue/scenes not included in the films, and I'm a sucker for that.

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Sep 22, 2011 Alyssa rated it 5 of 5 stars

OK, I have not actually read these yet. But they are two of my all time favorite movies. Ethan Hawke again! I wasn't even aware that the screenplay was available. Can't wait to get them!

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“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?” — 29 people liked it

“I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.” — 23 people liked it

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