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It was either therapy or die.
Mickey Rourke
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Mickey Rourke
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Actor
Boxer
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Schenectady
New York
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Dies
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[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do.
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