Possible Clues:

• "I never — purple cow ..."
• "I never __ purple cow ... ": Burgess
• 'I never ___ purple cow...'
• 'I never -- purple cow ...'
• Metropolitan --, leader of the Polish Orthodox Church
• 'I -- film today (Beatles lyric) ...'
• ''You look like you __ ghost!''
• 'I never -- Purple Cow'
• 'I never ___ moor': Emily Dickinson
• ___ woman in half (magic trick)