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Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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