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"Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero."
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"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

"How can the thoughts be stopped? Tell the thoughts, 'You take care of your own issues; I am not on your side.' That way you will sit on God's side."

"Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track."

"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

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"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."

"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."

"Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs."

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

"It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered."

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"
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