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He - A.J.[Muste] never got much credit, never got much attention. For example, I wrote a biography of him and nobody ever heard of it.
Nat Hentoff
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Nat Hentoff
Age: 91 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 10
Died: 2017
Died: January 7
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Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.
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My father had always been a traveling salesman - New England, the South, whatever.
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[My father] was very impressed when he saw Death of a Salesman, I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.
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[Barack Obama to be] much worse [than George W. Bush].
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