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What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?
Eli Wallach
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Eli Wallach
Age: 98 †
Born: 1915
Born: December 7
Died: 2014
Died: June 24
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New York City
New York
Eli Herschel Wallach
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Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
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Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.
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