John Lithgow Quotes

I am such a coward when it comes to political arguments. I tend to sort of recoil rather than engage.

John Lithgow

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• I am such a coward when it comes to political arguments. I tend to sort of recoil rather than engage.

  

  John Lithgow
  • Political
  • Coward