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Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand, the father had told his adoring son. And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone. ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Writer
New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
Men
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Alone
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Adoring
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Bruce
Father
Wayne
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Thomas
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.
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Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.
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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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Information is the hardest currency.
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I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.
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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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It's the family you choose that counts.
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