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You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
William Goldman
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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
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Highland Park
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S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
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Now what happens? asked the man in black. We face each other as God intended, Fezzik said. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone. You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?
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You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance, Domingo said.
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Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.
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Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.
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Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.
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We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
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I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I LOVE YOU. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I.
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