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A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.

Dick Cavett

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