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When I'm in a city that's just clean, concrete lines, I get really short of breath and confused. It's much more interesting to me when nature is creeping back and tearing the mortar apart between the bricks.
Feist
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Feist
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 13
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Nova Scotia
Leslie Feist
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