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The speaker is describing an early and unsettling effort to prepare for extreme hardship. It suggests a childhood awareness of scarcity and a deliberate attempt to learn how to endure it. The line also implies that survival can become something rehearsed in advance.
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Originally said in English.
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About George C. Wolfe
American stage and screen director, playwright and producer
George Costello Wolfe is an American stage and screen director, playwright, and producer. He is known for his work in theater and film, and for winning two Tony Awards for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk. Wolfe led The Public Theater as artistic director from 1993 to 2004. His career spans directing, writing, and producing, with a strong association with major American stage work.
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