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I don't smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
Actor
Advertising Person
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Film Producer
Novelist
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Television Producer
Newburgh
New York
James Brendan Patterson
James B. Patterson
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Though
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