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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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Elias Kazantzoglou
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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