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There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.

Tim Robbins

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Tim Robbins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 16
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West Covina
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