| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63659 |
| QUOTATION: | Thompson: Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just ...
Bernstein: Just old age. It’s the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don’t look forward to being cured of. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Orson Welles (1915–1985), U.S. filmmaker, actor, producer, and Herman J. Manckiewicz (1897–1953), U.S. screenwriter. Thompson (William Alland), Bernstein (Everett Sloane), Citizen Kane, speaking of Leland (Joseph Cotten) (1941). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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