For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed. - Honore de Balzac

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But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

Honore de Balzac

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

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