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I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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Amsterdam (city)
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Issur Danielovitch
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When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone.
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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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If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
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