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I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

Dave Matthews

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Dave Matthews
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 9
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
David John Matthews
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