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It's hard to stay positive when there's a lot of evil in the world.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Positive
Stay
Evil
Hard
World

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