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“I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can't print that.”

Quote by Terry Southern

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Terry Southern was an American author, born on May 1, 1924, and died on October 29, 1995. Known for his satirical and darkly humorous writing, he is best known for his novels 'The Fall of Babylon' and 'Cactus Fever'. more

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