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You know that it never has been easy Whether you do or do not resign Whether you travel the breadth of the extremities Or stick to some straighter line.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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Roberta Joan Anderson
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