“Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?”

—  Paul Newman

Quoted in Craig Modderno, "Newman remains animated at 81," http://www.thestandard.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=7&art_id=20553&sid=8363925&con_type=1&d_str=20060612&fc=2 Reuters (2006-06-12)

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American actor and film director 1925–2008

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