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Charles Bukowski Quotes: If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.
         

If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.


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