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There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Quick
Kinds
Dead
Two
Kind
Pedestrians

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Where God is, all agree.
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
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The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
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