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I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching that itch we're actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it. That's the philosophical side.

Ron Howard

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Ron Howard
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 1
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