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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Robert Banks
Robin Banks
Robin Gunningham
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You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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