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People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way.
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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Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul leave me my name!
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I speak my own sins I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.
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After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.
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I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.
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I cannot sleep for dreaming I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.
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