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In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape.


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I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

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I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.



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We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.



As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.



No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.



I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.



I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.



What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.



California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.



A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.





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Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.



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Ninety-nine one-hundredths of our lives we are mere hedgers and ditchers, but from time to time we meet with reminders of our destiny.



I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.



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Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.



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I learned if you have $100 or $100 million - if you spend more than you have, you’re going to go broke.



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It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.



The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.




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