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Living with reality is a very good trick, it gives you tremendous freedom and it changes the structure of the molecules of your soul by living with reality because you don't expect anything anymore. Which is a weird paradox.

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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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