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" The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts. "
Theodore Sturgeon
Nuts
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" The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication. "
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Sentences
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Here
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Lot
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Teach
Writing
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