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Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus!
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Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.
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