[wonnage]

"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" was supposed to be a comically evil statement in Shrek

[chopin]

But that is the maxim which drives almost everything we do on a daily basis.

[fragmede]

I hope the writer that penned that is fantastically rich!

[fragmede]

AI tells me that the line was written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman. They also worked on Pirates of the Caribbean, Aladdin, and the Mask of Zorro. so, to answer my own question, yes they are.