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I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time - or at least in their parents' basement - but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever.
Henry Rollins
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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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