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I don't want my children to be at a disadvantage, growing up in the limelight, because then they have to live up to an identity already cut out for them, relating all the time to being so-and-so's daughter or so-and-so's son.

Chrissie Hynde

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Chrissie Hynde
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 7
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I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.
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If you don't have a flag sticking out of your ass, you must be a communist.
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