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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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I'm not against the police I'm just afraid of them.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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