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I have different reasons for the way that I react to things now that I have kids. It's not about me, it's about my children going out into this world that makes me say, What the hell are you all doing? I have to put them out there, and then I have to worry.

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Pat Benatar
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 10
Actor
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Brooklyn
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Patricia Mae Giraldo
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
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