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" There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one. "
F. Murray Abraham
Women
Men
Men And Women
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" I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that. "
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