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I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

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Eddie Murphy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 3
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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My wife ain't gonna make love to me if I got no money!
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I can figure out which Spice Girl I wanna impregnate.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?
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Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down.
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That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived.
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I just voted for Jesse Jackson !
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How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance... cya later!
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Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.
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