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I'm dreaming of a white president. Just like the ones we've always had. A real live white man. Who knows the score, how to handle money or start a war. Wouldn't even have to tell me what we were fighting for. He'd be the right man, if he were a white man.

Randy Newman

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Randy Newman
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
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Randall Stuart Newman
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