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You specialize in something until one day it is specializing in you.

Arthur Miller

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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
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Arthur Asher Miller
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I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life.
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I'm the end of the line absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.
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When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.
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Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.
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