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“Twenty years ago I wanted tomove to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a niceboy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?” quote by Abraham Polonsky — Download Open image

“Twenty years ago I wanted tomove to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a niceboy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?”

Abraham Polonsky

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