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I Think To Be Shot In A Mountain Valley Somewhere Or Other Is Altogether Less Glorious Than Crashing An Airliner Into A Skyscraper.
-John Keegan
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I Think To Be Shot In A
John Keegan
I Think To Be Shot In A Mountain Valley Somewhere Or Other Is Altogether Less Glorious Than Crashing An Airliner Into A Skyscraper.
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