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# George Lanning

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George William Lanning Jr. was an American editor, novelist and critic whose literary career spanned the 1950s through the 1980s.

##  Quotes by George Lanning

> [“Those sentences are short. They tell the truth. Sometimes it is a very boring truth. Sometimes we wish we had not heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lanning/those-sentences-are-short-they-tell-the-truth-sometimes-it-is-a-very/)

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