“Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin friends.”

— Robert Morley

Explaining why he never tried to lose weight. <br class="br"> Toledo Blade, Aug 20, 1978 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19780820&id=UDBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6371,746427

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