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Pat Nixon was called the Mona Lisa of American politics. She never wrote anything. Her interviews tell us nothing.
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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