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Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

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Arthur Miller
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 17
Died: 2005
Died: February 10
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New York City
New York
Arthur Asher Miller
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One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without such news they would go mad with the chaos of their lives.
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They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult.
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Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.
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