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One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style
Cary Grant
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Cary Grant
Age: 82 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 18
Died: 1986
Died: November 29
Actor
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Circus Performer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Writer
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Archibald Alexander Leach
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