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I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels pe

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"I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that"

- Jim Harrison

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This quote is written / told by Jim Harrison somewhere between December 11, 1937 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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