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What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do

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John Guare
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 5
Actor
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Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
Humans
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Heart
Arms
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Eyes
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