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If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?
Juliana Hatfield
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Juliana Hatfield
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 27
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I don't need a mirror to see that it's true, cause I'm ugly with a capital U.
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