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Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster.

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Thomas Haden Church
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 17
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If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.
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I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.
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