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I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.

Ian MacKaye

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Ian MacKaye
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 16
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