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Alexei Sayle
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 7
Comedian
Film Actor
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City of Liverpool
Alexei David Sayle
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I don't think people were that interested in what I was doing for the most of the 1990s.
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I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.
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My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?
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People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
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If someone starts agreeing with me, I don't like it. Out of pique, I become something else.
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