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Sadly, in this country - maybe this is in the history of the world, really - it's the urban experience versus the bucolic experience. And it is different, but therein lies the slow progression of democracy. We are a melting pot.

Walton Goggins

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Walton Goggins
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Actor
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Birmingham
Alabama
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