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You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Ridiculousness
Embrace
Begin
Sense
Great

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If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.
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I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
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