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Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books

Michael Caine

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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
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I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore.
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I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.
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I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
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At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.
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There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
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