To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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Always willing to lend a helping hand to the one above him.
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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
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I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.
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If you want to kiss me any time during the evening, Nick, just let me know and I'll be glad to arrange it for you. Just mention my name.
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