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I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.

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William Friedkin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 29
Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Director
Chicago
Illinois
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God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.
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There is a thin line between the policeman and the criminal. The best cops are always crossed. The best cops are the ones who are able to think like criminals. But for a quirk of fate, they might have been criminals.
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