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I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.

Sandra Bernhard

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Comedian
Film Actor
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Television Actor
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Flint
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