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" My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. "

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" We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign. "

" Your children need your presence more than your presents. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. "

" When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie? "

" For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes. "

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