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I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

Ben Folds

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Ben Folds
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: September 12
Composer
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Pianist
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Singer-Songwriter
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Benjamin Scott Folds
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