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Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.
Mandy Patinkin
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Mandy Patinkin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 30
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Mandel Bruce Patinkin
Mandy Bruce Patinkin
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All great men usually are awakened by the great women in their lives. No matter what friction is there, if that relationship was there, that usually is their best friend, at the end of the day.
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The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes.
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Comparison leads to violence.
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The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.
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If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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