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I'm not really a nostalgic person.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible, arguing about the Bible, interpreting it. So I don't connect prayer or scriptures with any particular religion so it's not a contradiction in my life.
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I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.
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