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If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.

Jon Foreman

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Jon Foreman
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: October 22
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
San Bernardino County
California
Jonathan Mark Foreman
Blind
Joy
Culture
Robbed
Thief
Thieves
Comparison

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