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I want my kids to have a deep, inner feeling that it's alright to be happy, that you don't have to be constantly manufacturing problems that you don't really have.

Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
Actor
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John Joseph Nicholson
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