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Vanessa Sullivan
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Last Rites
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Nicotine is the most addictive substance I’ve ever put into my body, without any shadow of doubt. People whose lives are wrecked with emphysema and lung cancer, they still carry on smoking. That tells you something about the nature of that
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“Second, teachers who influenced or encouraged me in my growing-up years. At Cornell University, professor of European literature Vladimir Nabokov changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea. From constitutional law professor Robert E. Cushman and American Ideals professor Milton Konvitz I learned of our nation’s enduring values, how our Congress was straying from them in the Red Scare years of the 1950s, and how lawyers could remind lawmakers that our Constitution shields the right to think, speak, and write without fear of reprisal from governmental authorities.IV”
― My Own Words
― My Own Words
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