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The older I get, the more I realize how much I have missed because I was so busy entertaining that audience and so busy pursuing a career.

Angela Lansbury

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Angela Lansbury
Age: 99
Born: 1925
Born: October 16
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The Regent's Park
Angela Brigid Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury
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I just went along for the ride. It was a God-given gift. It is. So you can't say well, you wasted your life because you spent all of it acting, but I think gosh, I've never been to China, I've never been to Japan. I've never been to Yellowstone Park.
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