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goes out and sells vacuum cleaners
The funny thing about it was that at the time he felt reall…
twenty fucking pieces of pumpkin fucking pie
Joe lay with his head on his arm. His hand, he realized, wa…
a guy who was born to sell vacuum cleaners
There are guys who can persuade someone they want a new vac…
you can always shoot yourself
What he thought was: I don’t know if I have what it takes o…
reading memos on sexual harassment
One of the mistakes that Joe made in the beginning was to a…
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On the Town
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Remember Me
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Climbers
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demotic »
(adjective) of, relating to, or written in a simp…
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declension »
(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (no…
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supererogation »
(noun) the act of performing more than is require…
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pusillanimity »
(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimou…
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frisson »
(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; sh…
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Buddy had wanted to be an opera singer and was an accountan…
In the front room was a 17-year-old girl with fierce black …
Es ist wirklich Brach- und Neufeld, welches der Verfasser m…
Say you grow up in the type of place that is excited to be …
I decided against a film. I thought: Let’s go in search of …
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David had this entirely different sensibility. He loves gra…
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The sexual-tourism-in-Cambodia idea has undermined my faith…
You return to the Arabic map of Texas, hoping for PKDian pl…
I still came from Dublin and my name was still Richard. I h…
You’re just a Bolshevik, you’re a theory nerd, you’re an av…
It’s not that I think children should be seen and not heard…
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