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Because we all just function, the rest of us, just go to work and come home artists make life bearable. They give perspectives on things we never knew you could have. They bring joy. They explore inner human emotion, and at its best, the full dynamic range of that emotion.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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