The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attit — Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
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The first thing I did was make a mistake. I thought I had understood capitalism, but what I had done was assume an attitude -melancholy sadness- toward it.

— Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories
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