If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applaudi…

J. D. Salinger
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If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did.
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If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did.

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