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"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

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"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

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