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In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer having the youthful feeling that what you're doing has any true impact.

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Nick Cave
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 22
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Nicholas Edward Cave
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