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The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.

Billy Wilder

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Billy Wilder
Age: 95 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2002
Died: March 27
Film Director
Film Producer
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Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Samuel Wilder
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