Debrief
"What did you make of him?"
"He likes to talk about himself."
"Doesn't everyone?"
"Not me."
"Really?"
"What are you saying?"
"Nothing."
Bed
"You shouldn't have said that."
"What?"
"You know."
"I don't. Tell me."
"I'm going to read."
"You know your lips move when you read."
"You're kidding, right?"
"It was a joke."
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"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on," said Beckett. But first, begin.
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Watching women in the Trump administration play Regan and Goneril to Trump's Lear is to be reminded of Marx's observation that significant events and personages repeat twice, first as tragedy, then as farce.
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Good writers are great revisers; great writers possess something that transcends the elements of style.
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In a rapidly changing world, celebrity retains its allure. But if we're fascinated by the glamour, riches, and seeming freedom that attain to fame, we also tend to overlook its downside. Having once inspired admiration and/or adulation, the celebrity is not allowed to get old. And when he or she does, the shock — to the celebrity no less than his or her fans — must be terrible.