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Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it.

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Harold Ramis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: November 21
Died: 2014
Died: February 24
Actor
Comedian
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Harold Allen Ramis
Life
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Vision
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You don't have to know much, just a little bit more than everybody else.
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