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Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
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