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It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.

Truman Capote

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.
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Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.
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I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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I just live one day at a time. That's my new theory in life.
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I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.
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I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
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The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me, if I don't honestly feel it's the best I can do, then I'm miserable.
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The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.
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