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But we were all feeling that bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it having been an evening of some small energy expenditure.
Anthony Burgess
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Anthony Burgess
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 25
Died: 1993
Died: November 22
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I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me.
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It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil.
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The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
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I didn't think I experimented.
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