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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
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