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But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve.

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Arthur Miller
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 17
Died: 2005
Died: February 10
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Journalist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Arthur Asher Miller
Stretching
Delicious
Resolve
Carapace
Mostly
Lighten
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Buds
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Turtle
Doe
Turtles
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