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Tennessee Williams Quotes

CORNELIA: -Sit down. Don't leave the table.

GRACE: -Is that an order?

CORNELIA: -I don't give orders to you, I make requests.

GRACE: -Sometimes the requests of an employer are hard to distinguish from orders. [She sits down]

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