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TheOther95Percent

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5. My favorite sentiment on the passing of assholes

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:32 AM

Mar 2012

This quote - often attributed to Mark Twain - was actually written by Clarence Darrow.

"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."

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My favorite sentiment on the passing of assholes TheOther95Percent Mar 2012 #5

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SS, two different things mackattack Mar 2012 #17

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Disturbing responses of the "burn in hell" variety CrawlingChaos Mar 2012 #15

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