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"There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business."
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"Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me."
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"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."
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