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Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.

Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
Actor
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.
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Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
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I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.
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I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.
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I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.
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Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?
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I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.
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My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.
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Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.
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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.
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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
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I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.
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Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, why didn't you play? If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.
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