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Whatever you cut when there's no deadline isn't really a cut. You're just pushing colors around.

William Monahan

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William Monahan
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
Critic
Film Director
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Claude La Badarian
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Whatever
Around
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Deadline
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Pushing

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