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My favorite part of the article:

In 1959, actor and Montana native Gary Cooper wrote an article for EBONY in which he wrote, “Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38.”

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I love the ambiguity of

In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay,[2] the bishop barred her from the convent.

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“The is the last time I tell you to clean the altar.” *BANG*

“MY FOOT!”

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Wow a real life zeugma

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Gary Cooper > John Wayne

Best Western actor of that entire era, also the inspiration for Timothy Olyphant’s portrayal of Raylan Givens on Justified.

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