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I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.

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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