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At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.
Alanis Morissette
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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
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Ottawa (Ontario)
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