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I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
Martin Sheen
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Martin Sheen
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: August 3
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Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez
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My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
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I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.
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Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.
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If all of the issues that I have worked on were depending on some measure of success, it would be a total failure. I don't anticipate success. We're not asked to be successful, we are only asked to be faithful. I couldn't even tell you what success is.
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I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.
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I think [Bush] would like to hand his father Saddam Hussein's head and win his approval for what happened after the Gulf War.
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I don't think abortion is a good idea. I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.
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