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No matter how hard you climb, there are always the rich above you, who got there without effort. Lucky stiffs, holding you down, making you disconten… - John Updike
" "No matter how hard you climb, there are always the rich above you, who got there without effort. Lucky stiffs, holding you down, making you discontent so you buy more of the crap advertised on television.
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About John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.
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