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I got a wonderful college education. I went to Harvard. In those four years I accumulated a lot of knowledge but I also created a kind of habit of learning that has stayed with me my whole life.

John Lithgow

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John Lithgow
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 19
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John Arthur Lithgow
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