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I'm reminded of something Derek Jacobi says in Gladiator: "Unlike you, I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people."
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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