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John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes: At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.
         

At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.


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