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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.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Time
Opportunity
Bigs
Moving
Seems
Enough
Outlook
Every
Shift
Something
Move
Always
Open

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