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I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.
Terry Gilliam
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Terry Gilliam
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 22
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Terrence Vance Gilliam
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I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.
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I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival.
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I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.
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The forces that run the world always try to keep things under control. The population might be having a wonderful time, buying iPods and going to nice restaurants, but I still feel they're all kind of under control.
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