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Ron English (1959) American artist
Death and the Eternal Forever (2014)
“The only good Dorig is a dead Dorig.”
— Diana Wynne Jones, book Power of Three
Source: Power of Three (1976), p. 9.
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http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sheridan.htm
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1,001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, Price, Steven, 2007, Globe Pequot, 312 http://books.google.com/books?id=4gLQlHab4NsC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22They+say+you+shouldn't+say+nothin'+about+the+dead+unless+it's+good.+He's+dead.+Good!%22&source=bl&ots=vc8aIflDYJ&sig=uoSv1BYEAN6E6EWcWCWxZEnbOLg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lIWCUpmQPNGpsATX-IHQBQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ,
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George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
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Source: Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), "Tipperary"
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