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It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing a

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. – Richard M. Nixon

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