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It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth sometimes it delays it.

Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
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Tells
Dangerous
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Comedy
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Truth
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