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There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground.

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Michael Eisner
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 7
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Michael Dammann Eisner
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