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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1974)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man

Lucille was not a bad sort, I mean compared to most who had lived with me. Like the others she drank, lied, cheated, stole and exaggerated, but as a man goes on he stops looking for the whole cloth, he'll settle for a piece of rag. And then he'll pass that on to the next while scratching his ear. But, generally, while things are working just a little, a wise man will tend to accept the moment because if you don't you just get a bag with you in it and when you shake it you only hear one sound...

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