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Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it.

Denis Leary

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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
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Worcester
Massachusetts
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