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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never... ever... be glad to kill.
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A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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