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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Fred Thompson
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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Former United States Senator
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Freddie Dalton Thompson
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Study: 60% of young Americans plan to buy firearms. The other 40% were confused, saying they thought they were free under Obamacare.
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Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan.
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And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC
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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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