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" It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. "
Ann Beattie
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Never
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" I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now. "
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