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You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.
Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 31
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You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.
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Hillary Clinton has made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I'm sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician.
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Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.
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You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.
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