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Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely succe

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"Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile"

- Julie Burchill

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This quote is written / told by Julie Burchill somewhere between July 3, 1959 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from United Kingdom. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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