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Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Quotes: All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
         

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.


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All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
         



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