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Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.
Richard Russo
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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
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Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.
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To weigh and evaluate a vast grid of information, much of it meaningless, and to arrive at sensible, if erroneous, conclusions, is a skill not to be sneezed at.
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It's possible to overlook character flaws of in-laws for the simple reason that you feel neither responsible for them nor genetically implicated.
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Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.
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