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I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else-- and better too!

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
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Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
Everybody
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Human
Humans
Teachers
Never
Beings
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Teacher
Knew

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