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When William Forrester was 23,
in 1 953...
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...he set out to write his first book.
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Many aspiring authors talk about
writing the great 20th-century novel...
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...well, William Forrester did it.
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On his first try.
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Have you read this?
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Yeah, you?
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Only about a dozen times.
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This was the only one
he chose to publish.
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For all we know it was the only one
he chose to write.
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Your job over the next week--
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Your job over the next week
is to read it and tell me why.
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So...
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...you gonna be back tomorrow?
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Yeah, they want me to spend
some time on the court.
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Yeah, l heard.
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Graduation was a little rough
on last year's team, that's all.
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But it's just like college, right?
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You get an education,
and they get what they want.
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Maybe you both get what you want.
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Yeah, maybe.
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lt was very nice meeting you, Jamal.
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You too, Claire. You gonna
be around tomorrow?
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Not where you'll be...
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...but you might be able
to find me for lunch.
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l didn't say those two words.
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Why didn't you?
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Because l want you to read
more of my stuff.
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You know, they talk a lot
about you out there.
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All this ''legend'' bullshit.
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They got some stories, though.
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People wonder if you killed somebody.
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That, and wondering
why you been in here so long.
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l wouldn't move, though.
l'd stay for the quiet.
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You don't hear nothing in here.
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Our place got these noisy neighbors.
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Their kid's always yelling
because he's only a year old.
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Or pops is yelling
because the kid's making noise.
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Then mom's yelling--
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But that's a different yelling...
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...because that's when the old man's
playing the tunes for her...
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...and she got her head
banging up against the wall.