The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

Maurice Sendak
The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice...
The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice...
The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice...
The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice...
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The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead. This is a quote from his movie Cool Hand Luke, where Paul Newman’s character is sentenced to prison on a chain gang for a crime that he didn’t commit. In prison, he decides to escape and begins a long journey of truth and redemption. During this journey, the character reveals some truths about himself.

The first one being that he was not as dead as people believe him to be. This quote from Paul Newman is used as a reminder of the power of persistence in life.

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