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I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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