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Body odor is the window to the soul.

David Byrne

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David Byrne
Age: 119
Born: 1905
Born: May 6
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I don't think I have grand visions that I will never achieve.
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It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.
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People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
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