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Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless.
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- E.L. Doctorow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for E. L. Doctorow: documented activity in 1960. Wikidata Q335232, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335232 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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