Roberta Smith quote

The obsessions of others are opaque to the unobsessed, and thus easy to mock. NASCAR, jazz, baseball, roses, poetry, quilts, fishing. If we're lucky, we all have at least one.
Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith

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Jazz, Others, At Least One, Easy, Poetry, Opaque, Thus, Obsessions, Least, NASCAR, Fishing, Mock, Roses, Lucky, Baseball

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