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“When I was a boy, I could not afford a bicycle. Now I could buy a hundred, and I want none of them.”
On the same subject.
“I was born in the provincial city of Bristol, England, but have avidly frequented the brightest capitals of the world ever since, and now keep a permanent residence in the so-called, though misnamed, glamour capital of Hollywood.”
Cary Grant · 1963
“My father made no more than a modest living and we had little money. Yet today I am considered, except among the wealthy, to be wealthy.”
Cary Grant · 1963
“It always amazes me that those who fight for the luxuries of life are the first to resent those who have them.”
Cary Grant · 1964
“I suppose the fact is I love feeling free inside even better than I love you, Julia.”
Cary Grant as Johnny Case · 1938