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The only law which is really lived up to wholeheartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.
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
Conformity
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Freedom
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Wholeheartedly
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