When Ginsburg is at the top of his game you might as well put down you…

Charles Bukowski
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When Ginsburg is at the top of his game you might as well put down your toys and listen. ✨ Charles Bukowski, David Calonne (2013). Absence of the Hero, p.65, City Lights Books
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