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Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

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Joan Crawford
Age: 73 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: May 10
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[To the mother of two unruly children in a restaurant after the woman said she really didn't know what to do with her children:] Have you tried infanticide?
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