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How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

Alan Alda

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