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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
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Film Producer
Humanitarian
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Jazz Musician
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Chicago
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Quincy Delight Jones Jr.
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You want your parents to say, Hey, I'm proud of you. When you don't hear that, you learn to compensate. You say, Hell, I don't need their approval. If I get my music right, I'll have everyone else's approval. I didn't understand it then, but I now know that's what happened to me.
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