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I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around that you end up thinking about them and talking about them for literally years after your experience with them is over.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Film Producer
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Waco
Texas
Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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