"On Being Stupid" (p. 44)
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We are getting to be of an age when it is difficult to grow new friends; we haven't the energy, the time to cultivate; each one gone is a permanent impoverishment.
— John Leonard (critic)
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Source: Wikiquote: "John Leonard (critic)" (Quotes, Private Lives in the Imperial City (1979): Knopf, 1979, )
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About John Leonard (critic)
John Leonard (February 25 1939 – November 5 2008) was an American literary, TV, film and cultural critic.
About John Leonard (critic)
John Leonard (February 25 1939 – November 5 2008) was an American literary, TV, film and cultural critic.
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