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There ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it, and ain't agoing to no more.
Samuel Clemens, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Literature & Art Across Frontiers: The Waiting Game Begins
As athletes prepare for the opening of the Olympics in Athens, Nigel Spivey tells the story of a legendary hero of the Games, and looks for clues to the function of sport in the modern world
M.F.K. Fisher, The Measure of My Powers (The story of a legendary hero of the Olympic Games:)
I was horribly self-conscious; I wanted everybody to look at me and think me the most fascinating creature in the world, and yet I died a small hideous death if I saw even one person throw a casual glance at me.
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