A Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock
English - Director
August 13, 1899 - April 29, 1980

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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.

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