"That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?"
— Arthur Miller

January 1, 1970

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His reply to a shoe manufacturer who had asked why Miller's job should be subsidized when his was not, as recounted at a London press conference. The Guardian (January 25, 1990)