“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”

— Paul Newman

Quoted in "Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures" - Page 74 - by Yann-Brice Dherbier, Pierre-Henri Verlhac - 2006

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American actor and film director 1925–2008

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