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If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.

Bruce Dickinson

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Bruce Dickinson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 7
Aircraft Pilot
Brewmaster
Composer
Entrepreneur
Fencer
Heavy Metal Singer
Musician
Rock Musician
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Paul Bruce Dickinson
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Money
Anything
Really

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