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Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's their takes that usually win out when the stories are too complicated or, as happens, not complicated enough.

Walter Kirn

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Wahrheit ist seltsamer als Sachliteratur. Und das Leben ist zu interessant, um es Journalisten zu überlassen. Die Leute haben Geschichten, aber Journalisten haben 'Takes' und ihre Takes gewinnen normalerweise, wenn die Storys zu kompliziert sind oder gar nicht kompliziert genug sind.

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