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" Nobody gets anything for nothing. "
Gloria Swanson
Nobody
Nothing
Anything
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" Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent. "
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" If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived. "
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" There was no place at all for me in my father's military world. "
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" Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. "
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You
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