"Charlie McCarthy: I can't take this schoolwork any more - it's driving me nuts. Edgar Bergen: Well Charlie, I'm sorry, but hard work never killed anyone. Charlie McCarthy: Still, there's no use in taking chances."
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Quoted in Todd Harris Goldman, Teachers: Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes (2001) p. 136
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Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (16 February 1883 – September 30 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist.
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