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Death Of A Salesman > Quotations > Flashcards

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I simply…

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I simply asked him if he was making any money. Is that a criticism?

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Biff…

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Biff is a lazy bum […] there’s one thing about Biff - he’s not lazy.

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Loses…

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Loses himself in reminiscences.

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I don’t want…

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I don’t want change […] why am i always being contradicted?

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5
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There…

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There was a pig.

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It got…

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It got so embarrassing i sent him to Florida.

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It’s what…

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It’s what I always wanted […] and still goddammit, I’m lonely.

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8
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Everybody…

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Every body around me is so false that I’m constantly lowering my ideals.

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9
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I don’t…

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I don’t want the girl, and, still, I take it and - I love it!

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Charley…

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Charley is not - liked. He’s liked, but he’s not - well liked.

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Five hundred…

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Five hundred gross in Providence […] hundred and eighty gross in Providence.

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12
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I’m not…

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I’m not noticed.

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13
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They do…

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They do laugh at me. I know that.

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14
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You…

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You picked me?

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15
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I got…

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I got nothin’ to give him, Charley, I’m clean, I’m clean.

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16
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When i…

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When i was seventeen i walked into the jungle, and when i was twenty-one i walked out. And by god i was rich.

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17
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I still…

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I still feel - kinda temporary about myself.

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18
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Ben…

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Ben, how should i teach them?

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19
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He…

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He always wiped the floor with you.

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He’s…

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He’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him.

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21
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I know…

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I know he’s a fake and he doesn’t like anybody around who knows!

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22
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How can…

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How can i insult him in that way?

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23
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Call out…

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Call out the name Willy Loman and see what happens. Big shot!

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24
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It takes…

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It takes so little to make him happy.

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25
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It’s cha…

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It’s changing Willy, i can feel it changing!

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26
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I’d hoped…

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I’d hoped he’d taken it away himself.

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27
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You can’t…

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You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away.

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28
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No time…

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No time for false pride, Willy. Go to your sons and tell them that you’re tired.

29
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Enough for…

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Enough for what my dear? […] enough to be happy right here, right now.

30
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What…

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What - what’s the secret?

31
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You end…

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You end up worth more dead than alive.

32
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Dad…

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Dad is never so happy as when he’s looking forward to something!

33
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Math…

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Math, math, math.

34
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Look…

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Look at what’s become of you.

35
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That’s not…

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That’s not my father. He’s just a guy.

36
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If he saw…

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If he saw the kind of man you are […] you phony little fake!

37
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Nothing’s…

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Nothings planted. I don’t have a thing in the ground.

38
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A man…

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A man has got to add up to something.

39
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A guaranteed…

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A guaranteed twenty-thousand-dollar proposition.

40
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Broken…

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Broken and desperate.

41
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That fun…

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That funeral will be massive […] why didn’t anybody come?

42
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I’m nothing…

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I’m nothing Pop. Can’t you understand that?

43
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Love…

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Loves me. Always loved me. […] He’ll worship me for it.

44
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Sounds…

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Sounds, faces, voices, seem to be swarming in upon him […] shhh!

45
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Frenzy…

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Frenzy of sound, which becomes the soft pulsation of a single cello string.

46
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Willy Loman…

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Wily Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have.

47
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We’re…

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We’re free and clear.

48
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i

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i know who i am

49
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i dont… (w to c)

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i dont want your goddamn job (willy to charley)

50
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I won’t

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I won’t have you mending stockings in this house

51
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The comp..

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The competition is maddening

52
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To suffer

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To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two week vacation

53
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For a salesmen…

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for a salesman, there’s no rock bottom to the life

54
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A star like

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A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away. (Act 1)

55
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Will you

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Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?

56
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He never…

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He never knew who he was. (Act 2)

57
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What I must be

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what I must be missing on the radio […] Don’t you have a radio in the car?

  • he lies to make people like him, but that probably makes him less likeable
58
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It’s really

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It’s really Harold, but at West Point they called me Happy.

  • happy is a lot like willy
59
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We’ve been

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We’ve been talking in a dream for fifteen years

60
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What could be

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what could be more satisfying […] to be loved

(About Dave Singleman still working at 84, dying on the train, all because his funeral was massive)

61
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You been

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You been jealous of me all your life, you damned fool

62
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He’s put

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he’s put his whole life into you and you’ve turned your backs on him

63
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There’s not a

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There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood

64
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Before it’s

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before its all over we’re gonna get a little place out in the country

65
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Who is

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who is quite proper-looking, Willy’s age

66
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You blew

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You blew me so full of hot air, I couldn’t stand taking orders from anyone

67
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i dont

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i dont know what to say […] that was my wife

68
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she s

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she shares his dreams

69
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wh

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whale

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