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I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

Albert Brooks

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.
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You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.
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I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.
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Someone asked me what do you think of Donald Trump? And I said, I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton in jail. If she gets convicted, I'll vote for her for president.
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I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.
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