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I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.

Andrew Weil

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Andrew Weil
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 8
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