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If you faced a long hungry period with nothing between you and starvation but a bit of barley and a pig, you'd be better off turning the barley into beer and letting the pig starve.
James Cameron
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James Cameron
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 14
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I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football.
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I'm certainly not a fan of conversion when you could shoot the movie in 3-D.
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