Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
This is in fact something an admirer said, which Christie quoted with disapproval in LIFE magazine (14 May 1956), p. 98
Misattributed
“If I get busted in New York, the freest city in the world, that will be the end of my career.”
Lenny Bruce http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3345229.stm
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