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Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture [Tycoon]; none of it under the right people.

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Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.

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By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts, on the grass in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. May God bless my people, my uncle, my aunt, my mother, my good father, oh, remember them kindly in their time of trouble; and in the hour of their taking away.

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Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too.

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As small, quick, foolproof cameras became generally available, moreover, the camera has been used so much and so flabbily by so many people that it has acted as a sort of contraceptive on the ability to see.

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It is clear enough by now to most people that the camera never lies is a foolish saying. Yet it is doubtful whether most people realize how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is.

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Born: November 27, 1909
Died: May 16, 1955 (aged 45)
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