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You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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Issur Danielovitch
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Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.
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The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.
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What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.
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