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So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
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Princeton
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