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"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal."

Edward G. Robinson, Romanian Actor

Father, Friends, Trying, Zeal

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"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal."

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