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Certainty is the enemy of mankind. If you're certain about everything, you have the Inquisition, you have Nazis and you have - that certainty is something to be guarded about.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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