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" I'm 47 years old, and I have to accept the fact that I'm probably not going to set the world on fire... If I was going to do that, I would have done it by now. "

Sydney Pollack

World

Now

Done

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Sydney Pollack

Think

Truth

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Always

Ultimate

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Sydney Pollack

I Am

Blake

" I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the soda jerk or the friend of a friend. "