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― The Swimmer
― The Swimmer
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― The Historian
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― The Loney
“You know the difference between news and gossip, don’t you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.”
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― Shantaram
“Nothing I like to do pays well.”
― True Grit
― True Grit
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