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I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.
Alanis Morissette
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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Alanis Nadine Morissette
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