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My mother answers all my fan mail.

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Patti Smith
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.
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I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship.
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I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.
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