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Hail to the Chief was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.
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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
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I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.
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