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Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.

Jay McInerney

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Jay McInerney
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 13
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Hartford
Connecticut
Anchovies
Moderation
Add
Taste
Almost
Anything
Better

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