back 9, as they say. the downward slope of the experience. i have lived on both coasts, i have lived all over the country. i spent a lot of time on the road as a writer in the earlier part of my life. so i feel like i have a tangible sense of the country.li why are americans different? here are things i noticed about americans. i really noticed. the stories of the people on this stage all of whom were heroes. i thought, wow, that person is a lot more impressive than i am. and so is that person and that person. then it got to 100 percent of the people. [heckler] yeah. right. i thought to myself yes, people have taken greater risks than i have, they are more impressive than ieo have. they are still recognizably american in the way they are impressive. they are not like some person from outer space who arrived here to outshine the rest of us. americans raised up in the culture we are all products of

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