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I don't live by The Rules you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is a maverick, someone who does 'that' to the system then it's Ian Botham.
Ricky Gervais
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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
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