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You know when you eat too many sweets and get diabetes? Paparazzi are the diabetes of materialistic culture.

Shirley MacLaine

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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
Character Actor
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Actress
Film Director
Film Producer
Musician
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Richmond
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