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Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Every
Stupid
Alive
Makes
Feel
Feels
Thing

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Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.
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May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.
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The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that their voices be heard. People say these are red states. No they're not!
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It's easy to follow national politics and weigh in on social media, but if I'm tweeting stuff about Chatham County, no one cares.
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It's hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it.
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I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.
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You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.
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There are real teachers out there I don't pretend to have their mantle.
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My work is more important than I am. I'm just some guy.
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For me, moving is always a big opportunity. Its just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up.
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