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The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.
Michael J. Fox
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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Edmonton
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Michael Andrew Fox
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