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The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.
Arthur Miller
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Arthur Miller
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 17
Died: 2005
Died: February 10
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Arthur Asher Miller
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I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another. My father was a manufacturer. He also, in effect, had to sell that stuff. And if he didn't literally do it, his men did. So, selling was in the air through my boyhood. The whole idea of successfully selling was very important.
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Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God's icy wind will blow.
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It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being.
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The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star.
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Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.
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Be liked and you will never want.
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He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!
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Theater is a very changeable art. It responds to the moment in history the way the newspaper does, and there's no predicting what to come up with next.
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