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Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin Quotes: In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.
         

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.


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