Like Tristram Shandy, he preferred the apparently random and open-minded route.

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In the bitter phrase of Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom he sparred for years, he preferred to view men like ants.

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The first choice for the lead was Jackie Chan himself, but he preferred to keep making films like Rush Hour.

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What did he sound like playing a private party or an after-hours club, that jazzman's preferred hangout, in the company of friends?

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