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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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