"All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief is offered - no laughter, no tears, no purgation."

-- Mary McCarthy

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“Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.”
“Before I was 20, I was the leading architect of the Southwest.”
“How thick the fog is. I can't see the road. All the people in the world could pass by and I would never know. I wish it was always that way. It's getting dark already. It will soon be night, thank goodness.”
“I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.”
“I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.”
“I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.”
“I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'”
“His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.”

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