Chapter 5
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If I don't take care, the next time you hear about me, I'll be rotting in prison, which I am sure you wouldn't like.
— John Kiriamiti
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If I don't take care, the next time you hear about me, I'll be rotting in prison, which I am sure you wouldn't like." in the context of "Chapter 5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Kiriamiti" (Quotes, My Life in Crime (1984))
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About John Kiriamiti
John Kiriamiti (born 14 February 1950) is a Kenyan former bank robber turned writer. Kiriamiti is best known as the writer of My Life in Crime and My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story, which were both a sensation among Kenyan youth in the late 1980s and 1990s.
About John Kiriamiti
John Kiriamiti (born 14 February 1950) is a Kenyan former bank robber turned writer. Kiriamiti is best known as the writer of My Life in Crime and My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story, which were both a sensation among Kenyan youth in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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