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People who were born alone are defined by feelings like Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book... and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.

Laurie Anderson

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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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