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It's always better to be wise than to be smart.

Alan Alda

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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Screenwriter
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Television Director
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Manhattan borough
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Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo
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