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Cruelty is like hope: it springs eternal.

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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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Cruelty
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Eternal
Hope
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