“You're the only boy who ever made me cry, and I decided that if you could make me cry, I must really love you.”

— Gracie Allen

Accepting a proposal of marriage from George Burns in December 1925, after a long period of reluctance, and dismissal of his overtures, as quoted in Gracie : A Love Story (1988) by George Burns, p. 17

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American actress and comedienne 1902–1964

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