Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.
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She trusted us more than she should have. She trusted us not to make the story unless we could make it right.Larry Mcmurtry
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
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Self-parody is the first portent of age.
Larry McMurtry
Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to suffer from a drastic lack of editing. It stops too quick, or else it goes on too long. Worse, its pacing is erratic. Some chapters are little more than a few sentences in length, while others stretch into volumes. Life, for all its raw talent, has little sense of structure. It creates amazing textures, but it can't be counted on for snappy beginnings or good endings either. Indeed, in many cases no ending is provided at all.
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One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
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You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.
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