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My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.

Warren Beatty

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Warren Beatty
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 30
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