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It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your emotions, whatever they are.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Learn
Owning
Time
Content
Unhappy
Emotions
Places
Emotion
Impossible
Whatever

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