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Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
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Playwright
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Fresno
California
Apart
Remember
Thing
Every
Men
Variation
Innocence
Guilt

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