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He belonged to more causes than I did. I think I had a letter from him every other day asking for money. I always responded.

— Edward G. Robinson

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He's the greatest bull artist in the world—and only occasionally the greatest artist in the world.

I hated every minute of it and couldn't stop crying.

On Love Story (1970)

Did it ever occur to anyone how boring his pictures are?

The greatest actor of the century, and lucky he was out of politics before TV. Like William Jennings Bryan, he could never have read from cue cards.

I think he, Christ and Marx are responsible for the world being the way it is—and I confer my thanks upon all of them, as I withhold it.

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