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" I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job. "
Denis Leary
Acting
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School
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" I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side? "
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