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Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.
Joe Eszterhas
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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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I have been an accomplice to the murders of untold numbers of human beings. I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God. Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did.
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I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.
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Sirens wailed the revolution had come to Harrisonville. Blood was flowing on Pearl Street.
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I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
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