In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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