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Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said War is not the answer. That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.

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Paul Haggis
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 10
Film Director
Film Producer
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London
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Paul Edward Haggis
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