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William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Quotes: It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.
         

It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.


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