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That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Joe Eszterhas

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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.
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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 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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