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I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.
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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