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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
Physical
Americans
Creativity
Beauty
Elitism
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Enjoying
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Innovation
Without
Guilt
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Very is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens what it is intended to strengthen. For example, would you rather hear the mincing shallowness of I love you very much or the heart-slamming intensity of I love you?
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