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Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does it. Who's stopping you? Just say it!

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
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Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
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