“All my brothers and brothers-in-laws tell me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident.”

— Paddy Chayefsky

Marty (1955)
Context: All my brothers and brothers-in-laws tell me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.

Marty Pilletti.

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American playwright, screenwriter and novelist 1923–1981

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