Quote by Marion Davies

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

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Summary

This quote humorously reflects the attempt of the speaker to cure their stuttering through an unconventional method. The advice to put a pebble in their mouth seems absurd, but humorously desperate times call for desperate measures. The speaker's unsuccessful experience of swallowing the pebble during a scene emphasizes the futility of such attempts and highlights the ironic twist that marks the end of their stuttering cure experiment.

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By Marion Davies

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