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Whatever you're working on, take small bites. The task will not be overwhelming if you can reduce it to its smallest component.

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Johnstown
New York
Whatever
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If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.
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I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.
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They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving.
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The other possibility was that there was no right thing to say, that the choice wasn't between right and wrong but between wrong, more wrong, and as wrong as you can get.
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Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.
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Sleep is over-rated. Have you ever noticed how it's always recommended to people anybody with half a brain can see need to wake up?
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Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.
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