Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.
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Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.George Higgins
The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.
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labor movement's parish priest.
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David has fully and completely cooperated with the police. Hes the one who summoned the ambulance for his wife in the first place.
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She had rouged her cheeks to a color otherwise seen only on specially ordered Pontiac Firebirds, and in her ears she wore two feathered appliances resembling surfcasting jigs especially appetizing to striped bass.
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Going into the season, we wanted to have as good of a season as possible. We thought we could do some good things, but all of a sudden we're ranked in the top 15 in the state. That's pretty nice.
George Higgins
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