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“Once upon a time there was a war...and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me.”
― Tree of Smoke
― Tree of Smoke
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
History is Not Boring
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Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more
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