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You fought fair. If the other guy wants to fight and you knocked him out, you did your best for him. You didn't want to hurt him any more.
Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: August 28
Died: 1994
Died: February 6
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I always resent anybody interfering with anybody else trying to do his job. Everybody has his own job to do. If he's good, he'll do well, but if he's mediocre, he's not going to do as well as he should.
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