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Boxing Quote by Bob Hope

“I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.” quote by Bob Hope — Download Open image

“I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.”

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