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" Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be definitive. But it's fiction. "
Dave Eggers
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Vietnam
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" I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road. "
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" You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist. "
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" I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. "
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" I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting. "
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