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US AND THEM: ONLY A SITH DEALS IN ABSOLUTES

By | June 2005

Call me crazy, but sometimes pop culture creates a catch-phase that very simply capsulates an unspoken emotion, that distills it down to a single phrase: “Only a Sith deals in absolutes”…

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