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Life is moments going by, but if you don't grab them, they're gone. For a long time, the only moments that were available were bad ones. So now I make sure to grab the good ones.
George Lopez
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George Lopez
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 23
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I prefer my Mexican food to have a little bit of an animal that suffered a little bit. That's some of the best food.
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It's good to see people not smoking. You get dressed up, and you smoke, and it gets in your clothes. You go, 'What should I wear tonight?' 'I don't know, honey, how about something menthol?'
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