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I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
Actor
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Former United States Senator
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Politician
Radio Personality
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Sheffield
Alabama
Freddie Dalton Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson
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There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.
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Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.
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I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.
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Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.
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