A Quote by Conrad Veidt

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.

Conrad Veidt

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Conrad Veidt
German - Actor
January 22, 1893 - April 3, 1943

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