He was a quiet man who just got on with his job, his rugby, his life and his family.

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He was a quiet man who wore thick-framed glasses and collared shirts, which he tucked into his jeans, and when he spoke to people he listened carefully, as if they were giving him directions.

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Friends said he was a "quiet, friendly" man who was a keen sportsman and credit to his community.

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At 69 years old, he is a quiet man who was often told in his younger days that he resembled Muhammad Ali.

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He was a quiet, well-mannered young man.

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He said his client was a shy, placid and quiet man who had not re-offended in the years since the murder.

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Excerpt: Hancock held himself back, did not know Couch well, but there was something in the man, something quiet and dark and dangerous, something he had begun to see in a few of the others, had seen it now in himself, that nameless thing: Men who advanced with their troops and did not hear the muskets and stepped over their dead without looking down.

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