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If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.

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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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don't be ashamed of anything I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.
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sometimes I hate you, she said.
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Well, the rain had stopped but the pain was still there.
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