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It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being.
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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He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!
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The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment.
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I regard the theatre as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone.
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The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star.
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Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing gets sorted. It's a struggle in the way every plant has to find it's own way to stand up straight. A lot of the time it's a failure. And yet it's not a failure if some enlightenment comes from it.
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