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That's your response to everything: drink? No, that's my response to nothing.

Charles Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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Henry Charles Bukowski
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Response
Drink
Everything
Nothing

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