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It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.

Albert Brooks

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
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Writer
Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
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