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There's going to be some places where you're treated with respect and dignity and some places where you'd have to be a fool to live, .. So, there will be places where people can get their hair done well and places where they can't.

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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
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Daniel Keenan Savage
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