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People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story.

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Kevin Smith
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 2
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Why take life seriously? No one gets out alive anyways.
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