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It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.
Clay Aiken
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Clay Aiken
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
Raleigh
North Carolina
Clayton Holmes Aiken
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I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.
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