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Because the life that I live - the life that we all live - is filtered through [one's own] experience. It isn't necessarily optimistic when you look at the political phenomena, the different things that are going on in the world.
Sergio Leone
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Sergio Leone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 3
Died: 1989
Died: April 30
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