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The second [presidential] term changes, and I think that John F. Kennedy certainly ran on that and he knew that second term would give him oxygen, and he needed it. Unfortunately, he didn't get there.
Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter.
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I'd rather get past the tyranny of now, where you get judged for something based on what's happening at the moment.
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Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.
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Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.
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