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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
Andrew Vachss
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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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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.
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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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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
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The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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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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