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Tom Hanks
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 9
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If I stopped having passion, I'd be done.
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I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.
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I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right, and exercise, and lose weight, and watch what I eat, and I will be fine for the rest of my life.
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Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.
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I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time how about that?
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One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over.
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