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   Joe Fineman to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: Kermode on "Orwell in Tribune"   
   04 Jun 07 00:23:47   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Martha Bridegam  writes:   
      
   > Reminds me of a Joe Fineman sig line: "Wanting to meet the writer   
   > because you liked the book is like wanting to meet the goose because   
   > you liked the paté."   
      
   In all modesty I should add that I read that somewhere, tho Google is   
   not very helpful about where.   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Grammar: ethology or ethics?  :||   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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