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As I get older, I think that things have been pre-determined for me, whether I liked it or wanted it, wished for it, whatever, way before in some way. And with others, you do have a choice that you can change. And that choice that you make is still part of this grand scheme.

Robert De Niro

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Robert De Niro
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: August 17
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