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A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.

Bill Cosby

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Bill Cosby
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 12
American Football Player
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Philadelphia
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William Henry Bill Cosby Jr.
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William Henry Cosby Jr.
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