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If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.
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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