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When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once.
Pauline Kael
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Pauline Kael
Age: 82 †
Born: 1919
Born: June 19
Died: 2001
Died: September 3
Film Critic
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I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know.
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I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.
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