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I never loved a man as far as I could pitch my shoe.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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You win the lasting laurels with your laughter.
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He saw my complications and he mirrored me back simplified, and we laughed how our perfect world would always be denied.
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I'm a painter first, and a musician second.
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