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Nobody expects him to be normal—he's a bishop.

Robert E. Sherwood

Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955), U.S. screenwriter, and Leonardo Bercovici. Henry Koster. Matilda (Elsa Lanchester), The Bishop's Wife, discussing with the cook why the bishop hasn't eaten breakfast (1947).

From the novel by Robert Nathan.

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