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The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
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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