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If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?

James Dean

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James Dean
Age: 24 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 8
Died: 1955
Died: September 30
Actor
Film Actor
Racing Automobile Driver
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Marion
Indiana
James Byron Dean
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Ashamed
Confused
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