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Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
Edward Norton
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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
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Edward Harrison Norton
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Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.
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I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.
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