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Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren

Tippi Hedren is an American actress born on January 19, 1930. She is renowned for her film roles in the 1950s and 1960s, most notably her collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in 'Psycho'. Hedren's acting career has spanned a variety of film and television projects, showcasing her versatile talent. more

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“I'm not pro-war. But I think war has been the dominant condition of humankind, and peace has been the anomaly - certainly sustained periods of peace that profit great masses of people - and I think war has worked, even awful hellish wars: worked to staunch fascist aggression in Europe, worked to preserve the Union after secession in the United States, etc. Not always, maybe not often, but to say never is to reject history in favor of a wishful unreality.”