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" Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. "

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" I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. "

" Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. "

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" I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool. "

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