"The intimate and meditative form that Plutarch became known for was completely new in his day."

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John D'Agata

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“Y'all should come to Cowboys Stadium and watch us beat the Giants' asses.”
“Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.”
“The greatest percentage of poverty is found in female-headed households. Over 70 percent of female-headed households are poor. A large percentage of poor people are children (17 percent); fully 85 percent of black children living in poverty reside in a female-headed household.”
“The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.”
“You dream about the Olympics for so long and you have that one day, then it's over, and when you don't run well there is this huge letdown. It took me years to deal with that. I feel like I almost had to cleanse myself of that experience.”
“An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.”
“I learn more from creative people in other disciplines than I do even from other architects because I think they have a way of looking at the world that is really important,”
“For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.”

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