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" During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one. "

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" I regret behaving badly when I was younger. I did not know any better at the time. The thing is that the incidents that I caused were not funny... Youth is wasted on the young. It is better to have the wisdom of an old man in a young body... I was a bit foolish and teased people, trying to be funny. "

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