[Ads-l] Quote Origin: I Never Forget a Face, But I=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99ll_?=Make an Exception in Your Case

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Here is a match for the quip in the subject line which appeared in the
syndicated Hollywood gossip column of Sidney Skolsky:

[ref] 1936 November 18, Daily News, Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, Quote
Page 62, Column 1, New York, New York. (ProQuest) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
Groucho Marx, on meeting a prominent actress, said: "I never forget a
face--but I'm going to make an exception in your case."
[End excerpt]

This citation occurred a bit before the 1937 citation in "The New Yale
Books of Quotations". Here is a link to the updated QI article:

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/26/forget-a-face/

Feedback welcome
Garson

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