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It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.
Edward Norton
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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
Actor
Character Actor
Environmentalist
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Harrison Norton
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