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It's Mr. Bergounioux.
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The ambassador wants to see him.
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The Israeli journalist is waiting.
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They've been waiting for 8,000 years.
:17:30
And you?
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I'm presenting my book:
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From Homer to Faulkner.
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Tell me.
:17:44
Do writers know what they're talking about?
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Do they really know?
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Of course not.
:18:00
Homer knew nothing about battlefields,
slaughters, victories, or glory.
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He is blind and bored.
:18:08
He has to settle
for recounting what others did.
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Possibly.
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There's a contradiction.
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Those who act never have the ability...
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to say or think adequately
about what they do.
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Conversely, those who tell stories...
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don't know what they're talking about.
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Remember Mao Zedong.