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The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.
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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A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs the big ones become ambassadors.
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When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.
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The enemy is within, and within stays within, and we can't get out of within.
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The world is always ending the exact date depends on when you came into it.
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