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John Gregory Dunne

American Novelist

Born: May 25, 1932

Died: Dec 30, 2003

About Always Military People World You

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I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot. John Gregory Dunne

Alone Time You Own Sense Community Resources Spending Inordinate Angeles No Sense Liked Los Los Angeles Odd Balloon Were Lot Left Automobile Really Your Reasons Amount

I call myself a harp because I like the sound of the word - it is short, sharp, and abusive. John Gregory Dunne

Myself Word Harp Sharp Like Call Because Sound Short

Being exposed to the enlisted Army was an eye-opener. I thought everyone was like me, but the enlisted Army is a constituency of the dispossessed. John Gregory Dunne

Me Army Thought Everyone Like Being Exposed Dispossessed Enlisted

Retirement is purgatory for the former sports star. The world outside organized sports is unforgiving. John Gregory Dunne

Sports World Purgatory Outside Retirement Unforgiving Former Organized Star

In what purports to be an egalitarian society, the existence of class is the secret about which no one speaks. John Gregory Dunne

Class Society Secret About No-One Existence Egalitarian Which Speaks

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system. John Gregory Dunne

Love Justice Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System System Fascinated Cops

What the world does not need is another script or television writer. John Gregory Dunne

World Television Writer Another Does Script Need

Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary. John Gregory Dunne

You do nonfiction, you get to meet people you would not normally meet. John Gregory Dunne

You People Meet Would Nonfiction Normally Get

The myth of the Kennedys - and the hold - was always the hold of the renegade rich, out there on the frontier beyond accountability. John Gregory Dunne

Myth Accountability Rich Out Beyond Renegade Always Frontier Hold Kennedys

Class was always the domestic issue during the Vietnam War, not communism. John Gregory Dunne

War Class Communism Always Issue Domestic Vietnam Vietnam War

'Time' was a glorious place to work in the years that I was there, from 1959 to 1964. John Gregory Dunne

Work Time Glorious Years Place

There was no pretense to objectivity; 'Time' had a partisan Republican point of view, and if it was one not shared by many of its gentrified Ivy Leaguers, few felt the compulsion to quit. John Gregory Dunne

Time Few Pretense Objectivity Compulsion Point Point Of View Had Shared Partisan Felt Ivy Quit Republican View Many

The volunteer military has always been most enthusiastically, even devoutly, embraced by those who would not themselves dream of volunteering - or of encouraging their children to do so. John Gregory Dunne

Military Those Dream Would Embraced Enthusiastically Volunteer Most Devoutly Always Been Encouraging Children Themselves Who Even

For interns at 'The Weekly Standard' or 'National Review,' where the martial instinct finds its most insistent voice, what Robert Kagan calls the military 'career path' is not widely seen as a plausible future. Pulling a trigger is what Jose, Tyrone, and Bubba do, not early admission students at the better private universities. John Gregory Dunne

Future Better Path Seen National Military Finds Trigger Admission Martial Insistent Voice Weekly Students Instinct Most Robert Calls Private Review Where Standard Plausible Widely Early Career Career Path Universities Pulling

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