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Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, I'm not opening. That's a successful guy.

Rod Steiger

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Rod Steiger
Age: 77 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 14
Died: 2002
Died: July 9
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Rodney Stephen Steiger
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