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My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, someone who disrupts the daily drag of life just enough to leave the victim thinking there's maybe more to it all than the mere hum-drum quality of existence.
Elvis Costello
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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
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