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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
Al Pacino
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Al Pacino
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 25
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Alfredo James Pacino
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