When you get too far from Madison, Wisconsin, it gets unsanitary," Tom Zecca said. "The people get funny-looking and it's hot." "My grandfather," Tom… - Robert Stone

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When you get too far from Madison, Wisconsin, it gets unsanitary," Tom Zecca said. "The people get funny-looking and it's hot."
"My grandfather," Tom Zecca told them, "always said to me - kid, you don't know how lucky you are to live in America. Back there it's all shit. You take your hat off and you eat dirt. Here you got it made.

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About Robert Stone

(August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist.

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Alternative Names: Robert Anthony Stone
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