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Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.
Bob Newhart
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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.
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