![The writer's life [is] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can quite easily be buried, or half-buried, by the life.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-writers-life-is-full-of-frailty-and-defeat-like-any-other-life-what-count.jpg)
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half points pole south
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Losing isn't the end of the world; we have enough quality to be fine. One defeat in nine games isn't bad.
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Many stand waiting to defend their breaks, deductions and loopholes and to defeat our efforts.
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defeat guy job
My job is just to defeat the guy on the other side, J. J. Johnson
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