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1
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“a salesman is got to dream boy. …

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…It comes with the territory.”

2
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“a small man can be…

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…just as exhausted as a great man”

3
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“be liked…

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…and you will never want”

4
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“he had all the wrong…

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…dreams. All, all wrong”

5
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“he’s a man way out there in the blue,…

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…riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back - that’s an earthquake”

6
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“I can see it like a diamond,…

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…shining in the dark, hard and rough, that i can pick up and touch in my hand”

7
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“I know you…

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…laugh at me behind my back”

8
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“I never got anywhere because…

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…you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody!

9
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“I realised what a ridiculous lie…

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…my whole life has been.”

10
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“the man who creates an appearance in the business world…

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…is the man who gets ahead”

11
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“I’m a dime a dozen…

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…and so are you”

12
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“I’m not a leader…

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…of men, Willy, and neither are you”

13
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“the woods are burning, boys, you understand. There’s…

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…a big blaze going on all around. I was fired today.”

14
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“I’ve got to get some seeds…

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…,right away. Nothings planted. I don’t have a thing in the ground.”

15
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“It’s Brooklyn, I know,…

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…but we hunt too”

16
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“nothing’ll…

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…grow any more”

17
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“the only thing you got in this world…

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…is what you can sell”

18
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“They time them so when…

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…you finally paid for them, they’re used up”

19
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“why must everybody…

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…conquer the world?

20
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“will you take that phoney dream…

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…and burn it before something happens”

21
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“Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a…

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…good dream. It’s the only dream you can have - to come out number- one man.”

22
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“Willy, dear, what has he…

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…got against you”

23
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“you can’t eat the orange and throw the…

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…peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.”

24
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“You fake!….

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…You phoney little fake! You fake!”