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Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.
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
New York
Arthur Asher Miller
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Bed
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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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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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