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George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant Quotes: a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.
         

a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.


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