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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Lawyer
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New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
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Information is the hardest currency.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.
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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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I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
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It's the family you choose that counts.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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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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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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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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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.
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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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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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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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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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