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As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

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Alexei Sayle
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
City of Liverpool
Alexei David Sayle
Something
Grind
Comic
Works
Death
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