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Your Quotes for 17 August 2005 - Shmuel Gelbfisz

Shmuel Gelbfisz was born at Warsaw, Poland on this day in 1882. While living with relatives in England he adopted a less imposing name, Samuel Goldfish. He move to the US in 1899 and was a very successful glove salesman, but he ended up making movies - over seventy of them. Five years after his first picture he adopted the name we recognize: Samuel Goldwyn. Between his high energy and English being his second language, he said some wonderfully absurd things. Here's a sample.

A hospital is no place to be sick.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

I don't think anyone should write his autobiography until after he's dead.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.

Never make forecasts, especially about the future.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
     - All from Samuel Goldwyn, 1882 - 1974

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