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Fame is an illusive thing - here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim cheers today, hisses tomorrow utter forgetfulness in a few months.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
Gone
Cheer
Pinnacle
Today
Approval
Fickle
Thing
Heroes
Forgetfulness
Raises
Whim
Fame
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Oblivion
Illusive
Months
Utter
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Tomorrow
Shallow
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