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I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only standing somewhere because some lone, brave nutjob broke down the walls for them first.

Jim Goad

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Jim Goad
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
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