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I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. and early on, i discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... if you come up through a newspaper as i did, your whole goal is to get a story on the front page, and you only get something on the front page if it's unusual.
-Malcolm Gladwell
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I'm In The Storytelling Business, And So

Malcolm Gladwell
I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. and early on, i discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... if you come up through a newspaper as i did, your whole goal is to get a story on the front page, and you only get something on the front page if it's unusual.
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