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I was walking through the woods, thinking about Christ. If He was a carpenter, I wondered what He charged for bookshelves.

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Woody Allen
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: December 1
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Character Actor
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Film Director
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Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Heywood Allen
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