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Many who have nothing opposed to the few who have everything, and as long as these disparities remain, as long as these distances remain between people and forces, I think we'll be in a perpetual state of upheaval.
Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: March 1
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Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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