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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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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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New York City
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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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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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