“I can't listen to that much Wagner, ya know? I start to get the urge to conquer Poland.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
“Sometimes I have the urge to conquer large parts of Europe.”
— Patricia Briggs, book Cry Wolf
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