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You Can Run Ice Breakers Button Museum
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Ice Breakers
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You Can Run Ice Breakers Button Museum
Text on Button: 
YOU CAN RUN BUT, YOU CAN'T HIDE
Image Description: 

Black text over white background. 

Back Style: 
Unlocking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
2 1/4 inch
Additional Information: 

"You can run, but you can't hide" is an old saying that is attributed to the US heavyweight boxer Joe Louis, spoken on 19 June 1946.

Joe Louis and Billy Conn were about to face each other in a title fight when Louis declared the famous phrase. 

Sources: 

Ayto, J., & Crofton, I. (Eds.). (2011). You can run but you can't hide. In Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable. Chambers Harrap Publishers. 

Catalog ID: 
IB0476
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