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The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

Bill Vaughan

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Infallible
Gentleman
Talking
Always
Never
Men

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The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders.
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Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
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