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Quote by Ernest Hemingway
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participa

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention. – Ernest Hemingway

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Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him. – Ernest Hemingway

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I love to shop after a bad relationship. I dont know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, Ill break up with someone on purpose. – Rita Rudner

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