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I was lost, and that war [in Vietnam] was very alienating - not that I was against it or for it, but I was just lost after that war. As were many Americans.

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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William Oliver Stone
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I can't tell you how many times at the breakfast table my dad would curse out Franklin Roosevelt. I love my father. He was an intelligent man, but he really didn't like regulations of the Roosevelt style, or the taxes. He was an Dwight Eisenhower man. And that's what Eisenhower did, committed to breaking down the program.
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You always try to find the right style for the movie. That's the key.
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[Fidel Castro] has a very good [human rights] record.
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I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.
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I'm interested, I suppose, in tortured power.
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