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Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.

James Brown

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James Brown
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 3
Died: 2006
Died: December 25
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