"What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY."

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Source: Vicki Baum (1956). “Written on water: a novel”

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Vicki Baum was an influential Austrian-American novelist known for her exploration of love and ambition in works like 'Grand Hotel.'

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