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The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.
Woody Allen
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Woody Allen
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: December 1
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Science is an intellectual dead end, you know? It's a lot of little guys in tweed suits cutting up frogs on foundation grants.
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