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I was going to be a teacher and improve the world. Teach people with hooks for hands to fingerpaint, and teach bums to draw happy faces on beads.

Lloyd Kaufman

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Lloyd Kaufman
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 30
Actor
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New York City
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