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You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them

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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Chicago
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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