[Ads-l] Falsely attributed quotations (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

It's an interesting site!

I've heard,

"Whatever you are, be a good one"

expressed as,

"If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly."

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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