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A man who overindulges lives in a dream. He becomes conceited. He thinks the whole world revolves around him and it usually does.

W. C. Fields

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W. C. Fields
Age: 66 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 29
Died: 1946
Died: December 25
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Film Director
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Philadelphia
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William Claude Dukenfield
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