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Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Michael Douglas
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Michael Douglas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 25
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Michael Kirk Douglas
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