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I've always been bored with just making money. I've wanted to do things I wanted to build things, to get something going. What money meant to me was that I was able to get money to do that for me.

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Walt Disney
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 5
Died: 1966
Died: February 15
Actor
Animator
Caricaturist
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Illustrator
Inventor
Manufacturer
Painter
Screenwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Walter Elias Disney
W. Disney
Walter E. Disney
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Something
Bored
Always
Meant
Things
Build
Making
Money
Able

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