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To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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