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The media nowadays has given the message to adults. Don't try new things, don't look foolish because we will catch you and then broadcast it to the world. I think children don't have that.
Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 22
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