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Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it.

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
Choice
Choices
Spirit
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Every
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Deny

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