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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.

Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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New York City
New York
William Oliver Stone
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