Friendly Quote by Janet Malcolm

“I don't go out of my way to be friendly, because it's completely unnecessary. People tell you what they are going to tell you no matter what.” quote by Janet Malcolm — Download Open image

“I don't go out of my way to be friendly, because it's completely unnecessary. People tell you what they are going to tell you no matter what.”

Janet Malcolm

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People talk in ungrammatical, unwriterly ways.

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The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the griefs and shames of others.

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