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I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.

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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.
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All of nature talks to me - if I could just figure out what it's saying - trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me. Insects are rubbing their legs together. They're all talking. They're talking to me.
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And there was a beutiful view But nobody could see Cause everybody on the island Was saying Look at me! Look at me.
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