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You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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