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You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

Harrison Ford

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Harrison Ford
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 13
Actor
Environmentalist
Film Actor
Film Producer
Voice Actor
Swedish Covenant Hospital
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