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Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
David Gemmell
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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.
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Death haunts everyone and never fails.
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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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