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As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.
Emmylou Harris
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Emmylou Harris
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Country Singer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Birmingham
Alabama
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