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People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?
John Darnielle
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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
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Destroy
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One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.
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