Lawrence of Arabia

Believe it or not, Ali, has never heard of Lawrence.

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Hubert: He wrote a long book. Seven Pillars. Hundreds of pages. Lost the manuscript when he forgot it on the train and had to completely rewrite it.

Ali: Who was he?

Hubert: Strange man. Started off with little behavioral oddities like holding a match in his hand and not minding when the flame reached his fingers.

Ali: Bravado?

Hubert: Held different opinions. Journalist asks him, “What attracts you to the desert? Lawrence replies, “It's clean.”

Ali: I can get that.

Hubert: There’s more. He had to execute a man, a friend. Later he said, he almost enjoyed it.

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