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I tell ya, I grew up in a tough neighborhood. The other night a guy pulled a knife on me. I could see it wasn't a real professional job. There was butter on it.

— Rodney Dangerfield It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs (2004)

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