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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass.
Michael J. Fox
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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Edmonton
Alberta
Michael Andrew Fox
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No matter how much fame you have, it's not something that belongs to you. If I'm famous, that doesn't belong to me-that belongs to you. If you can't remember who I am, I'm no longer famous.
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No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.
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I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good being life in its purest, happiest form, and the other being the darker side of existence.
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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.
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