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Of all the famous men who ever lived, the one I would most like to have been was Socrates. Not just because he was a great thinker, because I have be… - Woody Allen
" "Of all the famous men who ever lived, the one I would most like to have been was Socrates. Not just because he was a great thinker, because I have been known to have some reasonably profound insights myself, although mine invariably revolve around a Swedish airline stewardess and some handcuffs.
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About Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, comedian and musician.
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I’m going to kill myself. I should go to Paris and jump off the Eiffel Tower. I’ll be dead. you know, in fact, if I get the Concorde, I could be dead three hours earlier, which would be perfect. Or wait a minute. It — with the time change, I could be alive for six hours in New York but dead three hours in Paris. I could get things done, and I could also be dead.
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