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I don't really like to know what I'm going to do before I do it.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.
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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.
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