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Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers until one, always and inevitably, kills the other.

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
Author
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Melbourne
Australia
Pride
Brother
Poverty
Blood
Always
Kills
Inevitably
Devoted
Brothers

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