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I don't like mushiness. I'm a very emotional person but I hate sentimentality. I don't like great demonstrations of emotion. But as I'm getting older, I'm getting much more open about all that.

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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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Israel means war and destruction and we Americans are behind this war and I am ashamed of being American.
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