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Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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I used to be very quick, I would be able to leave the room and be back before you noticed. When you can't do that anymore you need to change the style of how you do things. But I'm very interested in life and you don't want to lose that.
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There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.
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There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.
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Children give your life a resonance that it can't have without them.
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