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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.

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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
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Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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