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D.C.. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE AND WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. I MET SOME OF OF YOU WHEN YOU CAME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE. ON...
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| 00:00:31 |
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I PRETTY LUCKY PERSON. AND WE THINK WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THE BUILDING AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT...
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| 00:04:57 |
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COLLEAGUES, ABBEY, BARNEY, WANDA AND AARON FOR HELPING US AT TEN FAULKNER WRITERS AND SCHOOLS BRING THIS UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE TO DATE. PLEASE LET'S...
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| 00:05:33 |
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FACES (INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM OF I.F. STONE ; WAR AND DECISION INSIDE .ECL) HA NATIVES OF THE STATE OF MAINE AND STEPHEN KING WAS BORN IN PORTLAND,...
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| 00:09:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WITH A BAND FOR A LEVEL THAT, BUT IT'S VERY PROPHETIC. I DON'T PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS. I DANCE. I'M A GOOD DANCER. I'M A VERY GOOD DANCER. I WAS BORN...
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| 00:43:10 |
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AND ANOTHER WHO IS THE MINISTER'S WE HAVE THE WATERFRONT COVERED, WE HAVE THE WHOLE DEAL. I THINK BASED ON THE INTRODUCTION AND THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION,...
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| 00:53:49 |
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YOU >> WHY MY WRITINGS ARE SO GRUESOME AND BLOODY. I HAVE NO IDEA. [LAUGHTER] IN SOME WAYS I'M A PRODUCT OF WHAT I HAVE READ AND WHAT I WATCHED WHEN...
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| 00:54:10 |
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DOWN WITH WHAT OWEN IS COMING FROM WITH HIS AND OBLIGEE WHO CAN SAY WAS NOW BECAUSE I LOVE SUPERMAN. I LOVE THAT MAN. I LOVE THE SUPER HEROES, BUT WHAT...
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| 00:55:22 |
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BOOK? >> MICHAEL OWED THE PUBLISHER MONEY SO THEY WANTED TO FINISH THE MANUSCRIPT TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT I WAS CHOSEN THROUGH...
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| 00:55:46 |
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BE INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. AND SOMEONE CAME TO MY DOOR, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, GIVEN THAT I WASN'T GOING WITH MY COLLABORATOR, I THOUGHT THAT WAS...
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| 00:57:55 |
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ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL ALL THE TIME ALONG WITH THIS STORM OF THIS CENTURY. WHEN I WAS A KID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS INTERESTED ME WAS, PARENTS...
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| 00:59:17 |
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THAT SPACE, FOR ME IT IS ALMOST LIKE A RABBIT HOLE. I AM AFRAID I CAN GET BACK UP SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HOW YOU DO THAT? HOW YOU GET BACK OUT...
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| 00:59:57 |
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CREATED. BUT I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANY DIFFICULTY WALKING AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER OR OPENING MY EYES. WHEN I WRITE, I AM IN A TRANCE STATE, AND I AM SORT...
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| 01:01:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU USED THAT VOICE, AND NOW YOU HAVE TO GO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THAT WAS REALLY EASY BECAUSE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT...
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| 01:02:08 |
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THE TOWN -- AND THE HEAD SELECTMAN AS THE HUSBAND OF A LADY WHO DIED IN THE PLANE. THAT IS ANDY STANDARDS. WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I DID THIS, YOU...
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| 01:04:17 |
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YOURSELF, THIS CHARACTER IS OF CONSCIOUSLY A CHARACTER THAT COMES OUT AND YOU REALIZED, THAT IS JUST LIKE THAT FRIEND OF MINE BUT ONCE YOU START WRITING...
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| 01:04:59 |
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WANTED WITH THEM. AND, IF I WAS GOING TO TELL THE STORY AND TELL IT IN THE MOST STRONGLY THAT I COULD, THE STRONGEST WAY THAT I COULD, I
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| 01:05:12 |
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HAD TO MAP IT OUT. GO AHEAD TO FOLLOW HIS CERTAIN, IF YOU WILL RIVERBED, SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DISTRACTING FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STORY THAT...
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| 01:07:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABOUT IT AND I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I CAN'T FINISH THIS BOOK. I HAVE THE PAGES OF THIS NOVEL. WHEN DAY I WENT ON A WALK, JUST...
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| 01:07:47 |
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YOUR INTENTION FOR YOUR READERS? WHAT ARE YOUR CONTEND FOUR-YEAR CONSUMERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR ART, WHAT ARE THE MORALS OF YOUR STORIES? >> I DON'T...
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| 01:08:06 |
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TRAJECTORY OF MY CAREER, WHICH HAS BEEN FAIRLY LOW. I KNOW HOW TO WRITE FOR ANYBODY BUT MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW, I COULD
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| 01:08:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOT SIT THERE AND PLUG SOMETHING OUT AND SAY, THIS IS GOING TO HIT THAT MARKET AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOVE IT. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS FICTION THAT IS...
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| 01:09:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE WAS ANOTHER JOKING TIME AND THEN
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| 01:09:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT WENT AND RESCUE SOMEBODY AGAIN. THIS ONE ON FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, THESE OF SAN DUNCE. I BELIEVE THEY WATCH IS WRITTEN THIS WAY, WITH THESE EPISODIC...
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| 01:11:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEN, ONCE YOU PUBLISH SOMETHING, THEN PEOPLE HAVE EXPECTATIONS AND YOU REALIZE ONCE YOU LET SOMETHING GO IT IS NOT YOURS ANY MORE, SO I THINK FOR...
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| 01:12:56 |
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IMPORTANT THING. YOU TELL THE TRUTH THAT YOU NOTE IN YOUR OWN LIFE THAT IS BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND IF YOU LIE ABOUT IT AND YOU GO SEE IT UP...
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| 01:13:51 |
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THAT I THINK ONE THING A LOT OF WRITERS REALLY STRUGGLE WITH IS THE IDEA THAT WRITING CAN BE A JOB AND I WAS VERY LUCKY, INCREDIBLY LUCKY IN MANY, MANY...
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| 01:14:09 |
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AND I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF. BUT IN TERMS OF THE PROFESSION, MY PARENTS WORKED EVERY DAY LIKE IT WAS A REGULAR JOB, AND THEY WERE...
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| 01:15:35 |
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AMOUNT, MANY OF YOU MAY COME FROM HAPPY FAMILIES AND THAT WILL BE A HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPING AS
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| 01:15:42 |
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A WRITER. A LOT OF WAYS, THE THE THING MY PARENTS GAVE ME WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MENTAL ABUSE AND THAT MADE ME, I KNEW I HAD TO GET SOME OF THAT...
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| 01:16:32 |
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THINK READING IS THE BIG THING. WHEN I WAS A KID, I READ A LOT BECAUSE MY PARENTS HAD BOOKS. >> BY THE WAY THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN DO BETTER FOR...
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| 01:16:52 |
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AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO THAT IS, THIS BECOMES THE CONTACT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT WHEN THEY GO
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| 01:17:01 |
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TO BED. ADAN VESTS READING, WHICH IS ALL-IMPORTANT TO INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN YOU AND THE CHILD. AND, SAID THEY BEGAN...
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| 01:18:07 |
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HYDE. WHAT I REMEMBERED WAS THAT AT ONE POINT, WHEN JECKEL AND MRS. MR. HYDE FORM, HE WALKS OVER LITTLE GIRL AND THEN HE ENJOYS HER SCREAMS SO MUCH...
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| 01:20:25 |
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AND THEN THE THING WITH THE FIREWORKS THAT KIND OF
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| 01:20:29 |
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WENT DOWN. DO YOU ALREADY NO, YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT OR DOES IT KIND OF HAPPENED THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT BOOKS?...
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| 01:21:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DURING AN ECLIPSE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. IT IS A HISTORICAL, WHERE THERE WAS A FALL IN CLIPS ACROSS THE STATE OF MAINE BUT THERE IS ANOTHER STORY THAT...
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| 01:22:02 |
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MADE IT ASIDE CHARACTER THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING AND YOU HAD TO GO BACK. >> TABBY HAS A -- IT IS LIKE MEETING OLD
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| 01:22:17 |
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FRIENDS. >> I WONDERED, A QUESTION FOR OWEN KING. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT AGE YOU WERE WHEN YOU STARTED READING OUR FATHERS OR YOUR MOTHER'S BOOKS? >>...
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| 01:22:29 |
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WERE ALWAYS AROUND YOU KNOW ,. >> YOU READ,
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| 01:22:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOCKERS. >> I WAS REALLY YOUNG, I WAS LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT. >>
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| 01:22:48 |
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I ROAD TO E ONE YOUNG BOOK WITH THEIR DAUGHTER NAOMI WHO IS A LOVELY PERSON. SHE ENJOYED ALL OF THOSE BOOKS BY PEERS ANTHONY, WAS IT? BUT THEY WERE LIKE,...
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| 01:23:04 |
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AND
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| 01:23:07 |
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THINGS. NIMS AND FERRIES AND THINGS. SHE
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| 01:23:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAID DAD, LIKE THOSE TO BE SCARY. SHE SAID, WOULD YOU WRITE SOMETHING WITH DRAGONS AND IT? SO I WROTE A BOOK FOR NAOMI. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A PREJUDICE...
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| 01:23:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LIES ON THE NON-FICTION SIDE OF THE AISLE. ANYBODY CAN PUBLISH A PACK OF LIES AND SAY THAT IS THE TRUTH, LIKE SOMEBODY'S MEMOIRS OR JUST PICK IT, THE...
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| 01:26:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DESERTED HOUSES, THE DESERTED ROW HOUSES AND THERE'S A SCENE WITH THE CAMERA OUTSIDE, OKAY? THE CAMERA COMES AROUND AND YOU ARE ALL THESE PRESS PEOPLE,...
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| 01:27:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RIGHT. >> I WANTED TO KNOW FOR MR. KING , WHY WERE JANICE AND JUDY CHOSEN TO DO THE DIRTY WORK? >> BECAUSE
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| 01:27:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEY
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| 01:27:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE MANIPULATING. THEY WERE PEOPLE WITH INTERNAL STRENGTH TO RESIST THE
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| 01:27:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:27:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MANIPULATIONS BY THE CORE OF, THE CORE GROUP OF EVIL WOMEN, MRS. MENKE
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| 01:27:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AUNT THOSE TWO SISTERS AND SO ON. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO COULD BE CUT OUT IN TERMS OF THIS FINE. YOU COULD SAY TO THEM, GO DO THIS AND THEY WOULD DO...
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| 01:28:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT IS DEVASTATING. >> I HATE IT. I CAN GET 12 REVIEWS THAT SAY A BOOK IS GOOD AND
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| 01:28:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEN ONE, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THE WORD BUT YOU KNOW THE WORD, ONE OF THEM COMES ALONG AND SAYS HE DID A BAD THING, HE RODE A LOUSY BOOK OR SOMETHING....
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| 01:29:06 |
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I DON'T LIKE IT. >> IT IS
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| 01:29:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PRETTY DEPRESSING BUT IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE WAY, IT IS THE KIND OF THE WAY THIS PHRASE. IN SOME WAYS, IF THE REVIEWER IS ESSENTIALLY SAYS, THIS WAS...
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| 01:29:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS SORT OF MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE IT WAS NOT SUCH A NOBLE ENDEAVOR, THEN THAT IS A PRETTY BAD FEELING BECAUSE YOU PUT YEARS INTO THE BOOKS. >> IT IS HUMAN...
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| 01:30:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I HAVE NEVER LIKE THIS KIND OF BOOK, I DON'T LIKE THIS PERSON, THEY ARE NOT A GOOD PERSON. THAT KIND OF REVIEW, THE REVIEWER SHOULD NEVER BEEN CHOSEN....
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| 01:30:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT BUT IT IS WHEN THEY SAY HE WAS A COMPLETE FIASCO THAT YOU
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| 01:31:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FEEL
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| 01:31:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PRETTY POORLY. >> DON'T BUY THIS BOOK, DON'T DROP IT ON YOUR FOOT, THAT KIND OF THING. >> WE HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS OVER HERE. >> MY NAME IS COULD TASHA...
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| 01:31:26 |
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EVEN
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| 01:31:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DESIRES? >> ARE ANY
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| 01:31:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE BOOKS BASED ON NIGHTMARES OR DREAMS OR FANTASIES I GUESS. I AM NOT SURE I SHOULD EVEN GET INTO THIS QUESTION. WE ALL HAVE DREAMS, AND TO ME THEY...
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| 01:31:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO YOUR DREAMS, THEY WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE COHERENCE TO YOU. THEY WILL HAVE MORE AND MORE ELABORATE STORIES. ACUTE TALK TO A NOVELETTES, VERY OFTEN...
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| 01:33:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAVING A DREAM ONE TIME THAT I WAS IN A JUNKYARD WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF DISCARDED REFRIGERATORS, AND I WENT TO -- THERE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE HINGES...
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| 01:34:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO -- THIS IS FOR ALL THREE, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TELL YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER OR YOUR SON OR YOUR WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND...
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| 01:35:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO, I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I NEVER FELT THAT WAY, BUT ALSO WHAT SORT OF COMES BACK, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE NEVER REALLY -- THERE IS THIS FAMOUS...
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| 01:35:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SOMETHING LIKE YOU KNOW A BAD BOOK REVIEW IS LIKE PUTTING ON A SUIT OF ARMOR TO ATTACK A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE. I VERY RARELY READ ANY THING THAT I THINK...
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| 01:36:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOW? ARE WE TALKING STORY ABOUT AND SOMEBODY IS LISTENING, ED DAD, BROTHER, WHATEVER AND THEY MAY SAY WELL THAT'S SOUNDS THE RIGHT AND THAT IS ALL IT...
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| 01:37:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I RESPECT AND I WROTE HER A LETTER I WAS VERY ANGRY. I SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK. I FELT BETRAYED AND HEARD. SHE...
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