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Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, I will never let that happen to you.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Humans
Selfish
Children
Beings
Never
Happen
Child
Nature
Happens
Human
Grab
Everything
Immediately

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