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Hamlet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hamlet<\/strong><\/p>\n

This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie<\/a><\/p>\n

318\u00a0 \u00a0I have of late–but<\/span>
\n319\u00a0 \u00a0wherefore I know not–lost all my mirth, forgone all<\/span>
\n320\u00a0 \u00a0custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily<\/span>
\n321\u00a0 \u00a0with my disposition that this goodly frame, the<\/span>
\n322\u00a0 \u00a0earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most<\/span>
\n323\u00a0 \u00a0excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave<\/span>
\n324\u00a0 \u00a0o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted<\/span>
\n325\u00a0 \u00a0with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to<\/span>
\n326\u00a0 \u00a0me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.<\/span>
\n327\u00a0 \u00a0What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!<\/span>
\n328\u00a0 \u00a0how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how<\/span>
\n329\u00a0 \u00a0express and admirable! in action how like an angel!<\/span>
\n330\u00a0 \u00a0in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the<\/span>
\n331\u00a0 \u00a0world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,<\/span>
\n332\u00a0 \u00a0what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not<\/span>
\n333\u00a0 \u00a0me: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling<\/span>
\n334\u00a0 \u00a0you seem to say so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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