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What's it going to be then, eh?
Anthony Burgess
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Anthony Burgess
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 25
Died: 1993
Died: November 22
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It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.
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...the essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.
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Civilised my syphilised yarbles.
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I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.
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