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I never really lived outside of the city growing up, but I'm always looking in between the lines of the city, and I magnetize over to the green spots.

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Feist
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 13
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Leslie Feist
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