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I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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