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I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash your badge and make me nervous.
Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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