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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking
Grace Jones
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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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