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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
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New York City
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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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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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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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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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
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Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
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Information is the hardest currency.
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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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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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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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