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Look, it's terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on the sidewalk, I look at it and I go: I think I'll just kick it.

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Jodie Foster
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 19
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Alicia Christian Foster
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