- W. C. Fields
(01/29/1880 – 12/25/1946)
US comic actor, on Charlie Chaplin
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"Ideas are to literature what light is to painting."
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"Writing good editorials is chiefly telling people what they think, not what you think."
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"The son of a bitch is a ballet dancer."
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"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl."
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"In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that."
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"Shirley—I love her, but her oars aren't touching the water these days."
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| "Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me." |  |
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