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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
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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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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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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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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?
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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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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
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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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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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Information is the hardest currency.
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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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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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
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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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