"Country to me is living life at its simplest: Learning to appreciate a sliced vine-ripe tomato with a dash of salt, served between two slices of good bread and eaten over the kitchen sink."

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Source: Days of Grace: A Memoir. Book by Arnold Rampersad and Arthur Ashe, p. 186, 1993.

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