Chic Murray (Charles Thomas McKinnon "Chic" Murray) Quotes

My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

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• Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, has seen a few financial schemes in his time. As the lead local prosecutor in the world's financial capital, he has battled frauds like the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which stole billions of dollars from investors worldwide.

  

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• My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

  

  Chic Murray
  • Mother
  • Father
  • House