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    Wrong! It's Gordon Ramsey
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    He looks Soviet.

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    I get why you might think that, but it's Dag Hammarskjold, UN secretary general who died in a 1961 plane crash. Netflix' historical drama "Siege of Jadotville" is set in this context. Hammarskjold is portrayed by Mikael Persbrandt.
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    The floor is yours.

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    "Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -

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    Is that foreign minister/Prime Minister Pearson?

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    nope, but you're not far off.
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    William Lyon Mackenzie King then. They look remarkably similar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by General Brewster View Post
    William Lyon Mackenzie King then. They look remarkably similar.
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    Hendrikus Colijn

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    Bingo.

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    I demand my rep bounty you bum.



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    well Akar u still owe me mine

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    If Dorian Gray would not be an fictional character, i would say him.^^

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    Nope. Not english. I have repped you cookie.

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    American?
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    Tis of European origin.

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