“Sheriff of Rotingham King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is!”
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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“No love have they for the slain king; swiftly they hie them to the mountains and the forests.”
Nullus adempti
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Bill Nye (1955) American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and former mechanical engineer
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“A king does not kill messengers.”
Alexander the Great (-356–-323 BC) King of Macedon
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“KING: There's a lot of killing in the name of Christ in history.”
James Dobson (1936) Evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and radio broadcaster.
2002