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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.”
― The Partly Cloudy Patriot
― The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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