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quick and the dead
The living and the dead, as in The explosion was loud enough to wake the quick and the dead. Although quick has been used for “living” since the 9th century a.d., it survives only in this idiom and in cut to the quick, and may be obsolescent.
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Genre legend Sam Raimi, known for “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man,” will also be in person with a triple feature of “Darkman,” “The Quick and the Dead” and “Drag Me to Hell.”
“We wrote this song, ‘The Quick and the Dead,’ and it had some strange chords in there that I’d never heard of in my life,” Hemby said.
He starred in the movie “Tombstone” and TV movies including “The Quick and the Dead” and “The Shadow Riders.”
The choice is between the quick and the dead.
The choice is between the quick and the dead.
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