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When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.
Chuck Jones
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Chuck Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 21
Died: 2002
Died: February 22
Actor
Animation Director
Animator
Comics Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Spokane
Washington
Charles Martin Jones
Charles M. Jones
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I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation. I let the part of me that is Bugs come to the surface, knowing, with regret, that I can never match his marvelous confidence.
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Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
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