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People sometimes ask me, because of the blacklisting, Do you hate the government? Don't you hate white people? No, it's greed that's the problem.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 20
Actor
Composer
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Visual Artist
Writer
Buffy St. Marie
Beverly Sainte-Marie
Greed
Asks
White
Hate
Problem
Government
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