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Bill Clinton: “What I wanted to know is, since I`m a voracious consumer of thrillers and have been for 35 years, I`d call him and say…”

On the recordNovember 21, 2021
What I wanted to know is, since I`m a voracious consumer of thrillers and have been for 35 years, I`d call him and say: 'Jim, it`s been 30 pages since we killed anybody.'
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Bill Clinton humorously comments on his collaboration with author James Patterson, reflecting on the pacing of thrillers.

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