Gary Jennings

I could list hundreds of words I've come up against in the course of my work that did not exist in the era of which I was writing and for which I never could find a suitably old-time, archaic or obsolete substitute.

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These are some quotes by American author Gary Jennings Author, who lived between September 20, 1928 and February 13, 1999.

Quotes by Gary Jennings

When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.

Gary Jennings

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I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'

Gary Jennings

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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.

Gary Jennings

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