Is it really so difficult to tell a good action

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Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret. - Mary McCarthy

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1912-89, US novelist and critic

Born:21st June, 1912
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Starsign: Gemini

Author Keywords: Critic, Novelist

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