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Good question...the only other Dick Brandon I was able to find (other than
multiple references to this quotation) was a child actor from the 1920s. I
doubt if either one of these Brandons are the quotee. Whoever Dick Brandon
was, he didn't leave much of a trail.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Larry Usselman <elgrans -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > "Documentation is like sex; when it is good, it is very, very good; and
> when
> > it is bad, it is better than nothing."
> > - Dick Brandon
>
> Couldn't find a Wikipedia entry for Dick Brandon, but I found one for
> a Richard Brandon:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brandon
>
> Unless this is the same guy (which I doubt), who is Dick Brandon?
>
> --
> Milan Davidovic
>http://altmilan.blogspot.com
>
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