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"Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one."

Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor

People, Blood, Eye, First

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"Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one."

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