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Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.

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Anthony Daniels
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Actor
Film Actor
Mime Artist
Television Actor
Salisbury
England
Anthony Kingsley Daniels
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