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Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant
Born: Dec 27, 1906
Died: Aug 14, 1972

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I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertising is so false and phony that I just... ugh, you know? Alan Ball
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I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones. Alan Furst
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