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I'm not an educated man. I only know what I'm told, and I'm not told that much I have no frame of reference for how to place things in history be a responsible leader. All I can do is be an artist.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
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But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.
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Finding beauty in the dissonance.
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