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W. C. Fields

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Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad.
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Although a very commonly attributed to Fields himself, this is derived from a statement which was actually first said about him by Leo Rosten during a "roast" at the Masquer's Club in Hollywood in 1939, as Rosten explains in his book, The Power of Positive Nonsense (1977) "The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields ... is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."
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Variant: Anyone who hates babies and dogs can't be all bad.

 
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