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If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.
William Shatner
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William Shatner
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 22
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I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?'
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I love the musicality of words.
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