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Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.
Spike Lee
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Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
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My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.
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