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"ONLY I AM RIGHT.
THE OTHERS ARE ALL IDIOTS."
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ONE CENTURY, THEY TELL YOU
MAN'S DESTINY IS PREDETERMINED.
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THE NEXT, THEY SAY THAT
HE HAS FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
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IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF FASHION, THAT'S ALL.
PHILOSOPHY.
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JUST LIKE
SHORT DRESSES THIS YEAR,
LONG DRESSES NEXT YEAR.
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LOOK.
ALL STORIES OF THE DEAD.
BIOGRAPHY THAT'S CALLED.
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AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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MY LIFE. MY DIARY.
MY MEMOIRS.
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MY INTIMATE MEMOIRS.
:58:35
OF COURSE,
WHEN THEY STARTED OUT,
IT WAS JUST THE URGE TO WRITE.
:58:40
THEN AFTER THE SECOND OR
THIRD BOOK, ALL THEY WANTED
WAS TO SATISFY THEIR OWN VANITY,
:58:44
TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD,
TO BE DIFFERENT,
:58:47
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN
ON ALL THE OTHERS.
:58:49
AH,CRITIC'S PRIZE.
THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
:58:54
OF COURSE, HE HAD THE CRITICS
ON HIS SIDE. LUCKY FELLOW.
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JUST TELL ME THIS, MONTAG,
AT A GUESS,
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HOW MANY LITERARY AWARDS
WERE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY,
ON AN AVERAGE EACH YEAR ?
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FIVE, TEN, FORTY ? HMM ?
NO LESS THAN 1,200.
:59:11
ANYBODY THAT PUT
PEN TO PAPER WAS BOUND
TO WIN SOME PRIZE SOMEDAY.
:59:16
AH,ROBINSON CRUSOE.
THE NEGROES DIDN'T LIKE THAT
BECAUSE OF HIS MAN, FRIDAY.
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AND NIETZSCHE. AH, NIETZSCHE.
THE JEWS DIDN'T LIKE NIETZSCHE.
:59:27
NOW, HERE'S A BOOK
ABOUT LUNG CANCER.
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ALL THE CIGARETTE SMOKERS GOT
INTO A PANIC, SO FOR EVERYBODY'S
PEACE OF MIND, WE BURN IT.
:59:35
AH, NOW THIS ONE
MUST BE VERY PROFOUND.
THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE.
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NOW ANYBODY THAT READ THAT
MUST BELIEVE HE'S A CUT ABOVE
ANYBODY THAT HADN'T.
:59:45
YOU SEE, IT'S NO GOOD, MONTAG.
WE'VE ALL GOT TO BE ALIKE.
:59:48
THE ONLY WAY TO BE HAPPY IS
FOR EVERYONE TO BE MADE EQUAL.
:59:52
SO, WE MUST BURN THE BOOKS,
MONTAG.
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ALL THE BOOKS.
[ Fabian ]
SIR.