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Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.
William Saroyan
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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
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Fresno
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We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.
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If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life......San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day.
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What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.
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In the time of your life, live-so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.
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In the end, today is forever, yesterday is still today, and tomorrow is already today.
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The child race is fresh, eager, interested, innocent, imaginative, healthy and full of faith, where the adult race, more often than not, is stale, spiritually debauched, unimaginative, unhealthy, and without faith.
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The people you hate, well, this is the question about such people: why do you hate them?
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