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I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
Actor
Film Director
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Chicago
Illinois
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If you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.
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If. A two-letter word for futility.
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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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