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"We were supposed to stay over in Boston, but when Scribners heard I'd won the Pulitzer, they told me..." — Frank McCourt

We were supposed to stay over in Boston, but when Scribners heard I'd won the Pulitzer, they told me to get on a plane - that Katie Couric wanted my body. And when Katie Couric wants your body, you get moving right away.
Frank McCourt
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