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Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
William Saroyan
Born: August 31, 1908
Died: May 18, 1981 (aged 72)
Bio: William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.
Known for:
- The Human Comedy (1943)
- The Time of Your Life (1939)
- My Name Is Aram (1937)
- Tracy's Tiger (1951)
- Hello Out There! (1942)
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