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A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.
Andrew Vachss
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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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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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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
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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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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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