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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.

Andrew Vachss

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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