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Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye Quotes: I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job
         

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job


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