[I remember going] to a hotel gym at six o'clock in the morning, and the television was on, … - Ann Patchett

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There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

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[I remember going] to a hotel gym at six o'clock in the morning, and the television was on, and it's some drama in which two men have clearly kidnapped a woman. They're interrogating her, and they put a plastic bag over her head. They're suffocating her, and I'm thinking, It's six o'clock in the morning! Why does anybody need to see this? How can I find the off switch?

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