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For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.
Frances Burney
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"For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive."
— Frances Burney

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For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive. — Frances Burney

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Frances Burney was a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1752–1840).

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This quote is attributed to Frances Burney, a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Frances Burney lived from 1752 – 1840.