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I'm so busy trying to breathe through the pain that I'm breathing through the pain of being with people, and that is no way to spend a life. Eventually, they'll just go away, because you will make them sad. That's something I've proven quite adept at doing over the years.

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Adam Duritz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 1
Musician
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Baltimore
Maryland
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