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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I'm desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I'm going back, but I'm not. I'd rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.

Billy Connolly

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Billy Connolly
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 24
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