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315ebe1
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"Lawyers are alright, I guess -- but it doesn't appeal to me", I said. "I mean they're alright if they go around saving innocent guys' lives all the time, and like that, but you don't do that kind of stuff if you're a lawyer. All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot. And besides, even if you did go around saving guys' lives and all, how would you know if you did it because you really wanted to save guys' lives, or because you did it because what you really wanted to do was be a terrific lawyer, with everybody slapping you on the back and congratulating you in court when the goddam trial was over, the reporters and everybody, the way it is in the dirty movies? How would you know you weren't being a phony? The trouble is you wouldn't."
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holden-caulfield
the-catcher-in-the-rye
phonies
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J.D. Salinger |
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4557462
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See, Biff, everybody around me is so false that I'm constantly lowering my ideals...
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people
fakes
phonies
falseness
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Arthur Miller |
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ecd4301
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Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without ceasing to be human.
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humor
phonies
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E. Nesbit |
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5711dcb
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Royal summoned mourners. They came from the village, from the neighboring hills and, wailing like dogs at midnight, laid siege to the house. Old women beat their heads against the walls, moaning men prostrated themselves: it was the art of sorrow, and those who best mimicked grief were much admired. After the funeral everyone went away, satisfied that they'd done a good job.
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grief
satisfaction
funeral
phonies
house
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Truman Capote |