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I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
Life
Simultaneously
Millions
Earth
Many
Time

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