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There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.

Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 20
Actor
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Film Director
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Television Director
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Life
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Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable.
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