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Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.
-Joan Didion
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Americans Are Uneasy With Their Possessions, Guilty

Joan Didion
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.
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