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So many stories are determined before they start.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
Many
Determined
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Stories

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Got nothing to do with trying. You like someone, or you don't. If you're 'trying', you don't.
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But what's so great about being a perfectionist?... You do all this work, and then the stuff you've made just pisses you off.
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