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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

Samuel L. Jackson

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Samuel L. Jackson
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 21
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
Samuel Leroy Jackson
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