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Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power.

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Will Smith
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 25
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Philadelphia
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Fresh Prince
The Fresh Prince
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
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