When I was about eighteen, I saw myself as a rather sensitive, delicate, poetic, romantic figure. And then I got into the Civilian Conservation Corps and into the army, and I started smoking and drinking and being tough and getting muscles, and I had a whole different image of myself.
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"When I was about eighteen, I saw myself as a rather sensitive, delicate, poetic, romantic figure. And then I got into the Civilian Conservation Corps and into the army, and I started smoking and drinking and being tough and getting muscles, and I had a whole different image of myself." — Walter Matthau #loveromance
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When I was about eighteen, I saw myself as a rather sensitive, delicate, poetic, romantic figure. And then I got into the Civilian Conservation Corps and into the army, and I started smoking and drinking and being tough and getting muscles, and I had a whole different image of myself. — Walter Matthau
About Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau was a Actor from United States (1920–2000).
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Who said "When I was about eighteen, I saw myself as a rather sensitive, delicate, poetic…"?
This quote is attributed to Walter Matthau, a Actor from United States.
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Walter Matthau lived from 1920 – 2000.
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