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You don't have to push or pull or fight or win, the struggle is illusory. Sometimes or rather, all times, you just have to be.

Andrew McMahon

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Andrew McMahon
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 3
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
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Massachusetts
Push
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