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I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the kind of authority that writes books.
Matthew Specktor
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Matthew Specktor
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 21
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My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.
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