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If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger bed and hope he plays basketball.
Robert Altman
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Robert Altman
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 20
Died: 2006
Died: November 20
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