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...Angels in America, Continued
HANNAH: Right. The fountain of Bethesda will flow again.
And I
told him I
would personally take him there to bathe. We will all bathe ourselves
clean.
LOUIS: Not literally in Jerusalem, I mean we don't want
this to
have sort
of Zionist implications.
BELIZE: Right on.
LOUIS: But on the other hand we do recognize the right of
the
State of
Israel to exist.
BELIZE: But the West Bank should be a homeland for the
Palestinians, and the Gaza Strip...
LOUIS: Well, not both the Gaza strip and the West Bank, I
mean no one supports Palestinian rights more than I do but...
BELIZE: Oh yeah right, Louis, like not even the
Palestinians are more devoted than...
PRIOR: I'm almost done.
The fountain's not flowing now, they turn it off in
the
winter, ice in the pipes. But in the summer it's a sight to see. I
want to
be around to see it. I plan to be. I hope to be.
This disease will be the end of many of us, but not
nearly
all, and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the
living, and we are not going away. We won't die secret deaths
anymore. The
world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come.
Bye now.
You are fabulous creatures, each and every one.
And I bless you: More Life.
The Great Work Begins.
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