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I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement.

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Ralph Bakshi
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: October 26
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Someone's been mean to you! Tell me who it is, so I can punch him tastefully.
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I wouldn't leave Disney to do Disney.
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