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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

Dar Williams

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
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Mount Kisco
New York
Dorothy Snowden Williams
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