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We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Princeton
New Jersey
Create
Lives
Inspirational
Given
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